U.S. Embassy Struck as Conflict Widens

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

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A.M. Edition for Mar. 3. The State Department is expanding its diplomatic pullback from the Middle East after the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was attacked by an Iranian drone. Plus, with tourists and expats looking on, Persian Gulf nations have thus far managed to intercept the majority of drones and missiles directed at them by Iran. But Oxford Analytica’s Rawan Maayeh explains that the countries are struggling to balance a tough response to Iran’s attacks with the desire to end fighting and restore a sense of calm. And limited flight operations resume in Dubai, even as airspace across much of the Middle East remains shut. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.6	Fighting kicks up another notch across the Middle East, leading the U.S. to pull back diplomats from
0:31.2	six countries. We'll look at how Gulf states are responding to waves of Iranian attacks and the challenge facing airlines
0:39.0	trying to stay out of harm's way.
0:41.1	They're looking at one of the most significant aviation crises when it comes to war-related
0:46.0	disruption that we've really ever seen.
0:48.6	Plus, how the conflict is threatening to send consumer prices higher.
0:52.6	It's Tuesday, March 3rd.
0:54.1	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,
0:56.0	and here is the AM edition of What's News,
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1:09.6	The U.S. is evacuating a number of its diplomatic sites across the Middle East this morning,
1:14.4	after its embassy in Saudi Arabia was hit by drones.
1:17.9	We report there were no casualties in that attack, but that hasn't stopped the State Department
1:22.9	from closing its embassy in Kuwait and ordering that non-emergency personnel and their families
1:27.4	leave the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan in Kuwait and ordering that non-emergency personnel and their families leave
1:27.8	the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Qatar. The U.S. embassy in Abu Dhabi has
1:35.2	also warned there could be militant attacks in the UAE. Those steps by the U.S. come as Secretary of
1:41.0	State Marco Rubio said that American military action against Iran is expected
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