Irish citizens in the Gulf region have described their experience amid ongoing bombardment.
Michaela Piare, a science and maths teacher from Kildare who is working in an international school in Doha, Qatar, told RTÉ's This Week that the skies above where she lives have been "very active" in the past weeks.
"[The bombs] were coming in waves of twos or fours or eights.
"Towards the evenings, there was about 20 all at the same time, a bit like fireworks in the sky.
"We get an alert in on our phones - sort of like a government directive, sending out a signal to shelter and stay safe."
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Ms Piare said she spent Saturday with friends and watched the missiles from her balcony.
"It [the attacks] just seems to be direct attacks on the US-base.
"We are very fortunate that we haven't had any casualties in the form of civilians."
Irish residents of Doha watch as missiles are intercepted
Ms Piare, whose school week runs from Sunday to Thursday, taught online as a safety precaution.
The city is quiet, she said, and many restaurants and shops are closed except for supermarkets.
"We couldn't be traveling whenever there's missiles going off.
"It started again this morning around 7 o'clock. very loud in comparison to what we had yesterday.
"I say we've had another 40 or 50 of them throughout the day.
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"It doesn't look like it's going to let up today. Last year it was just one night and it was just response from a US attack on Iran.
"It was one evening and that was it. was done.
"This seems to be a little bit more long term."
Ms Piare added that there is a large Irish community in Doha and they have been keeping in touch with eachother throughout the weekend.
Kuwait has a much smaller Irish population that Qatar.
Daragh Meredith, an English teacher from Laois who is working in an American school in Kuwait, said that he felt the shake of bombs in his apartment in the city
"We could hear a couple of explosions," he said.
Mr Meredith has a one-month-old daughter.
His mother-in-law who came to visit them cannot get a flight home due to the closure of Kuwaiti airspace.
His own parents have not yet met their new granddaughter.
"We're just staying calm, following all procedures," he said adding that he had already been contacted by the Irish embassy in Abu Dhabi.
Mr Meredith said he feels safe as the missiles are not targeting civilian areas, although he is working from home.
