{"id":204090,"date":"2026-03-14T21:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-continues-intensified-attacks-across-gulf-in-us-israeli-war-fallout-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T21:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:48:13","slug":"iran-continues-intensified-attacks-across-gulf-in-us-israeli-war-fallout-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-continues-intensified-attacks-across-gulf-in-us-israeli-war-fallout-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran continues intensified attacks across Gulf in US-Israeli war fallout – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fire breaks out at UAE\u2019s major Fujairah oil hub, as Iran vows retaliation for US attack on Kharg Island.<\/em>
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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<\/a>.
Tehran\u2019s strikes targeted multiple countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), late on Friday and into Saturday.
In the UAE\u2019s Fujairah emirate, a fire broke out at a major bunkering hub after debris fell during the interception of a drone, the emirate\u2019s media office said on Saturday. It added that a Jordanian citizen was lightly injured in the incident.
Civil defence forces were handling the incident and trying to contain the fire, it said.
\u2060Some 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 \u200cday of the UAE\u2019s Murban crude oil \u2013 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 \u201csuccessfully\u201d shot down. No fire occurred, no injuries were reported, and the situation is now contained, the media office said, without specifying if it was caused by a missile or a drone.
Iran\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Separately on Saturday, Qatar\u2019s Ministry of Defence said the country was subjected to an attack involving four ballistic missiles and several drones launched from Iran \u2013 all of which were successfully intercepted.
An intercepted missile strike was announced at about 2am (11:00 GMT) on Saturday, while another one was reported later in the morning. Temporary evacuation measures were put in place in some areas.
Al Jazeera\u2019s Dmitry Medvedenko, reporting from Doha, said there was a large blast over the skies above the city at about 1:30am on Saturday (22:30 GMT on Friday).
\u201cIt was felt all across the city,\u201d Medvedenko said, adding, \u201cFor the first time in two weeks of this conflict, certain parts of the city actually received evacuation orders about an hour before the attack happened.
\u201cMany people had to spend a few hours in basements, not allowed to return to their homes. This was unprecedented,\u201d our correspondent said.
In neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Defence said six ballistic missiles launched towards the kingdom\u2019s al-Kharj governorate were intercepted and destroyed on Saturday.
The ministry also said late on Friday that the country\u2019s armed forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched towards the al-Kharj governorate.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported late on Friday that five US Air Force refuelling planes were damaged in recent days while on the ground at an airbase in Saudi Arabia, without saying where exactly the attack occurred.
According to the WSJ, quoting unnamed US officials, the aircraft were damaged in an Iranian strike.
However, US President Donald Trump later criticised the WSJ reporting, saying in a post on \u2060Truth Social: \u201cthe Base was hit a few days ago but the planes were not \u2018struck\u2019 or \u2018destroyed\u2019\u201d.
\u201cFour of the five had virtually no \u200cdamage, and are already back in service. One had slightly more damage, but will be in the air shortly,\u201d Trump wrote.
The WSJ said \u200cthat no one was killed and the planes were being \u200crepaired,\u00a0adding that US Central Command (CENTCOM) declined to comment on the report.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in other attacks across the region, three army personnel were injured in an attack on an air base in Kuwait, the military said on Saturday.
Air defence systems detected seven hostile drones; three were intercepted and destroyed, two others fell outside the threat zone and posed no danger, while two struck the Ahmed al\u2011Jaber Air Base in southern Kuwait, the spokesperson for the Kuwait Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
The strike caused material damage in the vicinity of the base, and three personnel sustained minor injuries, but their condition is stable, the ministry added.
Later on Saturday, several drones struck Kuwait\u2019s international airport and hit its radar system but did not injure anyone, the country\u2019s civil aviation authority said.
Separately, Jordan\u2019s Armed Forces said on Saturday that air defences intercepted 79 missiles and drones out of 85 launched from Iran during the second week of the war.
Air defences failed to stop five drones and one missile, which fell inside Jordanian territory, it added.
Jordan\u2019s Public Security Directorate said 93 reports were received regarding falling debris from missiles and drones across most governorates over the past week.
Iran has been launching missile and drone attacks<\/a> across the Gulf region, targeting US assets and military bases as well as commercial and civilian sites, while the US and Israel continue attacking sites in Iran.
Trump said on Friday that the US carried out strikes against \u201cevery military target\u201d on Iran\u2019s Kharg Island<\/a> export hub, claiming that it did not strike oil infrastructure there.<\/p>\n

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