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A new drone strike hit the Fujairah oil complex on the UAE's east coast on Tuesday causing a fire but no injuries, and leading to the temporary suspension of all oil loading operations, according to Bloomerg.

"Civil defence teams from the emirate intervened immediately on site and are continuing their efforts to bring the situation under control," the authorities said in a statement on X.

The facility, which sits on the Gulf of Oman and enables the UAE to bypass the Strait of Hormuz for some exports, was already hit on Monday with a source telling AFP that oil loading into storage tanks was suspended.

The increased Iranian attacks on UAE energy infrastructure follow yesterday’s targeting of the Shah natural gas field, the “world’s largest” ultra-sour gas operation, with the capacity to produce 1.28 billion standard cubic feet of gas a day.

Operations at that facility have also “been suspended while damage is assessed, and no injuries have been reported,” according to a statement by Abu Dhabi’s Media Office on X.

Donald Trump has recently threatened to expand strikes on Kharg Island to target oil infrastructure and brent crude rose above $100.

Attacks Expand

Falling debris from a missile intercept killed one person on Tuesday in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi, authorities said, as Iran presses its attacks against Gulf countries in the Middle East war.

The incident took place in the Bani Yas area "following the interception of a ballistic missile by air defences", the Abu Dhabi Media Office said on X.

The day before a Palestinian national was killed on the edge of the city when a missile hit his car.

It brings the death toll in the United Arab Emirates since the start of the Iran war to eight, with six civilians dead as well as two military personnel killed in a helicopter accident.

The oil-rich Gulf has borne the brunt of Iran's attacks in response to US-Israeli strikes that sparked the Middle East war, with Tehran targeting US assets but also civilian infrastructure, with more than 1,900 missiles and drones since March 2.

Iran's top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, said this week that US bases in the Middle East had been used to launch air raids and that missiles had been fired from the UAE to strike Iran's Kharg Island, though UAE officials have denied the claim.

The strikes have upended travel plans in the financial hub, despite its air defence intercepting the vast majority of projectiles.

Qatar

An AFP journalist heard several explosions in Doha on Tuesday, a day after similar blasts were heard across the Qatari capital.

Qatar, like several other Gulf nations, has been targeted by both drones and missiles in recent days.

"The Ministry of Defense of State of Qatar announces that armed forces intercepted missile attack which targeted State of Qatar," the defence ministry posted on X.

With AFP