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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nIran on Wednesday hit key American assets across Middle East amid the fifth day of its escalation with the joint forces of US and Israel.According to US media reports, Iranian drones struck US consulate in Dubai, a CIA station US Embassy compound in Riyadh and military base at Qatar’s Al-Udeid.US consulate in Dubai<\/span>According to Wall Street Journal, a US official and Dubai\u2019s government media office confirmed that a drone struck the parking lot of the consulate in Dubai. Authorities have put down \u200ca limited fire in the vicinity of \u2060the US consulate in Dubai due to a drone strike.Several Footages are being circulated on social media, showing black smoke near the consulate. Dubai\u2019s government told the Journal that it had contained the fire. “Emergency teams responded immediately,” the media office said. “No injuries have been reported.”CIA station in Riyadh<\/span>Meanwhile, Fox News – citing sources – reported that that a CIA station inside the US Embassy compound in Riyadh was hit in a drone attack. Two drones caused structural damage and smoke inside the compound, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, said the news report.An internal state department alert obtained by the Washington Post said that the attack caused part of the embassy’s roof to collapse and filled the interior with smoke, leaving the building with structural damage.“Embassy personnel were sheltering in place at the time. There were no CIA casualties, though there was significant damage to the building,” a source familiar with the matter told Washington PostWhile both the US and Saudi governments acknowledged the drones struck the embassy complex, neither disclosed that the CIA station was among the targets, the report further said.Military base in Qatar<\/span>Additionally, an Iranian ballistic missile hit US military base at Al-Udeid, Qatar’s Defence Ministry said, as Iran struck targets across the Middle East in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks.The ministry said that Qatar was targeted by two missiles, adding: “Air defence systems successfully intercepted one of the missiles, while the second missile struck Al-Udeid Qatari Base without causing any casualties.”Later Qatar said it had dismantled two spy cells linked to Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards, its official press agency reported just after midnight on Wednesday.\u201cClose surveillance made it possible to arrest 10 suspects: seven were tasked with spying and gathering information about vital and military infrastructure in the country, and three were meant to carry out sabotage operations,\u201d the agency said.It added the suspects \u201cadmitted during the investigation their links to the Revolutionary Guards and having been instructed to conduct espionage and sabotage activities\u201d.Meanwhile, Pentagon has identified four of the six US soldiers who were killed in an Iranian drone strike on Sunday. The US Army Reserve in post on X said, “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the deaths of four U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers supporting Operation Epic Fury on March 1st.”According to CNN, the identified soldiers were Capt. Cody Khork, 35; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39; and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20. All four were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, an Army Reserve sustainment unit out of Iowa.According to the US Army Reserve X post, Lt. Gen. Robert Harter, Chief of Army Reserve said, “We honor our fallen Heroes, who served fearlessly and selflessly in defense of our nation.”The US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll confirmed casualties linked to recent Iranian attacks on American forces in West Asia on Wednesday and mourned the death of soldiers in the ongoing conflict.In a post on X, he said, “I’m deeply saddened by the loss and injury of our Soldiers from the recent Iranian attacks on US Army forces in the Middle East. We extend our deepest condolences and prayers to all those impacted by these recent attacks.”<\/div>\n\n