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Iran has pressed on with sustained missile and drone attacks across the Gulf region, despite repeated protests from its neighbours, in ongoing retaliation in the war launched by the United States and Israel.
Tehran’s strikes targeted multiple countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), late on Friday and into Saturday.
In the UAE’s Fujairah emirate, a fire broke out at a major bunkering hub after debris fell during the interception of a drone, but no injuries were reported, the emirate’s media office said on Saturday.
Civil defence forces are handling the incident to contain the fire, it added.
Some oil-loading operations were suspended in the aftermath, industry and trade sources told the Reuters news agency.
Fujairah, outside the Strait of Hormuz, is the outlet for about one million barrels per day of the UAE’s Murban crude oil – a volume equal to about 1 percent of world demand.
Separately, the Dubai Media Office said falling debris struck the facade of a building in its central area, after an Iranian attack was “successfully” shot down. No fire occurred and no injuries were reported, with the situation now contained, the media office said, without specifying if it was caused by a missile or a drone.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that US interests in the UAE, including ports, docks and military locations, are legitimate targets after US forces attacked Iranian islands, Iranian state media reported.
In its statement, the IRGC urged residents in the UAE to evacuate ports, docks, and US military shelters to avoid civilian casualties. The UAE said its air defences intercepted nine ballistic missiles and 33 drones launched from Iran on Saturday.
Separately on Saturday, Qatar’s Ministry of Defence reported missile attacks and issued temporary evacuation measures.
An intercepted missile strike was announced at about 2am (11:00 GMT), while another one was reported later in the morning.
In neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Defense said that multiple drones were intercepted and destroyed in the east and north of the country as it fended off attacks.
The ministry also said late on Friday that the country’s armed forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched towards the al-Kharj governorate.
