Iran Drone Strike on UAE Oil Port, Tensions Escalate

0:00On March 14, Iran launched a drone strike today on the port of Fujaira, one of the United Arab Emirates' biggest oil facilities, sending black, smoke high into the sky. This attack comes right after President Trump announced that the United States had destroyed key military sites on Iran's Carg Island and warned of. Hitting oil infrastructure there, if Iran keeps targeting ships in the strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials, including a former foreign minister, have threatened to capture American troops trying to take over oil sites on the island while. The revolutionary guard called United States positions in the UAE Fair Game for strikes. The guard also urged people in the UAE to steer clear of ports, docks, and American bases to stay safe as tensions boil over. Meanwhile, the United States Embassy in Baghdad raised its highest alert just before a missile hit a helipad inside the compound amid a wave of attacks on coalition forces, including one in northern Iraq that killed a French soldier.

1:03And Trump shared video of the recent strikes with the BACS-WERS conflict showing no signs of cooling down.