UAE's Fujairah Oil Terminal Hit by Drone Strikes

UAE's Fujairah Oil Terminal Hit by Drone Strikes

A drone attack has targeted the critical Fujairah oil terminal in the United Arab Emirates, resulting in fires and the suspension of some regional oil operations. خبرفوری ࡆ اخبارفوری مذاکره ࡆ جنگ فوری, an Iranian breaking news and conflict-focused channel, reported that the facility "has been hit by several drones, and large plumes of smoke can be seen from the facility!" The channel noted that the center had only just "resumed its activities since yesterday."

Multiple Iranian news outlets widely circulated reports of the disruption, highlighting Western media as confirmation. The state-affiliated and IRGC-aligned outlet فارس بین‌الملل و سیاست خارجی cited a Bloomberg report stating that "some oil activities in the port of Fujairah, UAE" were halted "following a drone attack and fire in this area." Iranian news aggregator آخرین خبر also amplified the Bloomberg report regarding the halt of oil operations due to the resulting blaze, alongside similar unlinked coverage from خبری پلاس|خبرفوری.

The strikes on the Emirati port follow a week of intense regional military escalation and economic disruption. Following unprecedented US and Israeli airstrikes across Iran that destroyed widespread military infrastructure, officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps explicitly threatened to set ablaze all energy infrastructure across the Middle East. The drone attacks on Fujairah occur during a severe regional energy crisis, with crude prices already exceeding $120 a barrel and Kuwaiti oil production halted due to the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz.