{"id":1370124,"date":"2026-03-16T15:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-attacked-the-uae-oil-hub-and-airport-under-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:51:26","slug":"iran-attacked-the-uae-oil-hub-and-airport-under-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/iran-attacked-the-uae-oil-hub-and-airport-under-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran attacked the UAE: oil hub and airport under attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Iranian strike drones have attacked the United Arab Emirates, hitting a key oil hub and an international airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/16\/uae-fujairah-oil-hub-drone-fire-iran-war-us-israel-middle-east.html?taid=69b7bdca20a7c80001902fac&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_content=main&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was reported<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by CNBC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the targets of Iran&#8217;s attack was the oil hub in Fujairah, which caused a massive fire at the facility. Experts are currently trying to contain the fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As noted, there is no information about casualties, however, oil transshipment operations have been temporarily suspended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFujeira, one of the world\u2019s leading crude oil and fuel storage centers, is located on the east coast of the UAE and serves as a key shipping hub for the entire region,\u201d the publication says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps previously stated that US interests in the United Arab Emirates, including ports, were targets for strikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, Iranian state media called on residents and people working<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the area of the ports of Fujairah, Jebel Ali, and Khalifa to evacuate and warned that American military personnel were allegedly present there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, drones attacked Dubai International Airport, hitting a fuel depot there, causing a fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The airport later announced the resumption of a &#8220;limited&#8221; flight schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Recall that since the beginning of the war in the Middle East<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-atakuvav-oae-sotniamy-raket-i-droniv-kraina-hotuie-zhorstku-vidpovid\/\">, Iran has launched hundreds of missile and drone strikes on the UAE<\/a> , resulting in the deaths of people and the injury of dozens.<\/p>\n<p> By the way,<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-atakuvav-frantsuzku-bazu-vms-ta-nimetskyy-kruiznyy-layner-v-abu-dabi\/\">Iran has struck naval targets near the UAE capital Abu Dhabi<\/a> , including the French naval base Camp de la Paix and near the German cruise liner Mein Schiff 4.<\/p>\n<p> As is known, on March 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/oae-vpershe-zavdaly-udaru-po-terytorii-iranu-pid-atakoiu-opynyvsia-zavod-z-oprisnennia-vody\/\">, the United Arab Emirates launched a strike on Iranian territory for the first time in history<\/a> . A water desalination plant was under attack.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian strike drones have attacked the United Arab Emirates, hitting a key oil hub and an international airport. This was reported by CNBC. One of the targets of Iran&#8217;s attack was the oil hub in Fujairah, which caused a massive fire at the facility. Experts are currently trying to contain the fire. As noted, there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1363944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1370124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}