Tehran claims US attacked it from UAE as war enters its third week

Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (Altaf Qadri/AP)

Iran said the US used “ports, docks and hideouts” in the UAE to launch strikes on Kharg Island, home to the main terminal handling Iran’s oil exports.

Without providing evidence, Tehran urged people to leave areas where it said US forces were sheltering, including Dubai’s Jebel Ali port — the Middle East’s busiest — and the Khalifa port in Abu Dhabi.