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The US Consulate in Dubai has been hit in a suspected overnight Iranian drone attack.
Footage shows smoke rising from the constructing as Iran continues their retaliatory attacks across the Middle East.
The country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israel strikes dubbed Operation Epic Fury on Saturday.
Iran since targeted US military bases across the region, including within the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait.
The Dubai authorities has confirmed nobody was injured in the most recent drone attack.
They said: ‘The competent authorities in Dubai succeeded in extinguishing a limited fire within the vicinity of the U.S. Consulate in Dubai resulting from a drone targeting operation, and the incident didn’t end in any injuries.’
Us Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the drone struck a carpark next to the constructing, which can also be near the British Embassy.
He said: ‘As I got here in, I also saw the media reports about Dubai’s consulate.
‘The last update I had was that a drone unfortunately struck a parking zone adjoining to the Chancery constructing, after which set off a fireplace in that place.
‘All personnel are accounted for. As you’re aware, we began drawing down personnel from our diplomatic facilities upfront of this.’
On Monday Iran also hit the CIA station in Saudia Arabia and the US Consulate in Dubai in suspected drone attacks.
The intelligence agency had pinpointed Khamenei’s location within the attack on his compound in Tehran.
Iran has launched retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, targeting US military bases and organisations.
The CIA station, which was based within the US Embassy in Riyadh, sustained ‘structural damage’ and contaminated the constructing with smoke.
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