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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that a drone hit a parking lot near the US Consulate building in Dubai, causing a fire in the area.
"As I arrived, I saw the media reports about the Dubai consulate. The last information I received seconds before the cameras were that a drone hit a parking lot near the Chancery building and caused a fire," Rubio stated.
He stressed that there are no reports of injuries among diplomatic staff. "All personnel are accounted for and safe. As you know, we have begun reducing staff from our diplomatic facilities earlier," he added.
Rubio also charged that American diplomatic missions are facing direct threats.
"Our embassies and diplomatic facilities are under direct attack by a terrorist regime," he said.
The consulate is located in a populated area of Dubai, near the British embassy and the Saudi consulate.
Meanwhile, the US State Department announced that it is arranging charter flights from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Jordan for US citizens wishing to leave the region. According to an official statement, in recent days more than 9,000 US citizens have returned to safety from the Middle East, including more than 300 from Israel.
US authorities stressed that commercial flights remain available to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Egypt, and assistance is being provided for booking tickets.
Earlier, spokesman Dylan Johnson stated that the State Department is actively securing military aircraft and charter flights to evacuate American citizens from the Middle East.
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