According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the drone hit the parking lot adjacent to the chancellery building.
According to him, the personnel were not injured, since many left the place of deployment even before the start of the American-Israeli operation against Iran.
A black column of smoke is visible above the consulate building, the TV channel notes.
Dubai authorities confirmed in X “an incident with a drone near the consulate.” According to them, the fire was localized. There were no casualties.
Dubai authorities have confirmed that a fire resulting from a drone-related incident near the US Consulate has been successfully contained. Emergency teams responded immediately. No injuries have been reported.
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) March 3, 2026
The video was published in the X monitoring channel OSINTdefender.
Emirati officials have now confirmed that an Iranian one-way drone attack struck the US Consulate tonight in Dubai, causing no injuries and a small fire which has since been contained and extinguished. pic.twitter.com/g6jm0O3Ezy
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 3, 2026
This is at least the third US diplomatic institution in the Middle East that Iran has attacked in recent days. Previously, there were flights to the embassies in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Context
On February 28, Israel announced the military operation “Lion's Roar” in Iran. In the USA it was called “Epic Fury”. American President Donald Trump announced his intention protect the American people by eliminating the immediate threats posed by the Iranian regime.
Tehran threatened a “crushing” blow in response. Explosions were later recorded in several countries in the Middle East where there are American military bases – in Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain.
On March 1, the Iranian army began a new wave of attacks on the countries of the Middle East. Explosions occurred in Israel, Dubai (UAE), Doha (Qatar), Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq.
On March 2, the US State Department urged American citizens to immediately leave a number of Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, due to security threats.
