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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jon Gambrell,David Rising and Samy Magdy

US embassy in Riyadh comes under Iranian drone strike as war enters fourth day

Iran hit the US embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a drone strike early on Tuesday as it kept striking targets around the region, while the United States and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes in what US president Donald Trump suggested was just the start of a relentless campaign that could last more than a month.

The attack from two drones on the US embassy in Riyadh caused a “limited fire” and minor damage, according to Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry, which did not release further details. It follows an attack the day before on the US embassy in Kuwait.

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