RAF Akrotiri is said to be “preparing for war” after being struck by an Iranian drone blitz on Sunday night.The drone hit a part of the airbase used by US spy planes – after evading British defences in the process.The Sun reports that as many as four “Shahed-style” drones were fired at the base from Lebanon – home to terrorist group Hezbollah.A defence source revealed the UAVs may have got around British air defence radars by skimming over the sea, with the one which ended up hitting the base only being picked up around 20 miles away.RAF Typhoons then scrambled to try and shoot the drones down – with three missing their target and falling into the water.Defence Secretary John Healey said the damage to the base was “minimal” – but one drone hit the edge of the runway used by American U-2 spy planes.British planes have since been seen helping out the US over the skies of UK ally Jordan – while Donald Trump has teased that American strikes on Iran will only get stronger.”We haven’t even started hitting them hard,” he said. “The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.”FOLLOW BELOW FOR LIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT…Donald Trump threatens major response to Saudi embassy drone attacksDonald Trump has threatened a major response to the drone attacks on the US embassy in Saudi Arabia.Mr Trump told NewsNation on Monday evening, local time, that “you’ll find out soon what the response will be” to the blasts.Israel blitzes Hezbollah terror group command centres and arms depotsThe Israeli military has said it is carrying out strikes on Hezbollah command centres and weapons storage facilities in Beirut, Lebanon.Footage shared with GB News shows huge columns of smoke rising over the Lebanese capital, though it is not clear exactly what was hit in that video.As many as four drones were fired at RAF Akrotiri from Lebanon on Sunday night.Saudis intercept four drones heading directly for embassiesSaudi Arabia has intercepted four drones targeting embassies in its capital city Riyadh.The country’s defence ministry said the US embassy was hit by two drones leading to a “limited” fire and minor material damage.But now, the US has issued a shelter-in-place warning for its diplomatic staff in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran – the latter of which is the home of oil giant Saudi Aramco’s headquarters.Furious Iran issues new warning to ANY ship travelling through Strait of HormuzIran will “set fire to anyone who tries to pass through” the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has said.Ebrahim Jabbari, an adviser to the IRGC’s Commander-in-Chief, confirmed the vital waterway had been shut down in a slap-down to Donald Trump’s “big one” warning earlier on Monday.”They should not come to this region. They will certainly face a serious response from us,” Mr Jabbari warned ships.He then claimed the US was “thirsty for the region’s oil” and said Iran will “strike their pipelines in the region and will not allow oil to be exported from this area”.UAE ‘dealing with BARRAGE of Iranian ballistic missiles’The UAE is dealing with a “barrage of ballistic missiles coming from Iran”, its ministry of defence has said.The Emirates, home to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and more, said it has confirmed its “full readiness to address all threats to ensure the protection of the state’s territories and the safety of citizens and residents”.There are some 300,000 British citizens in the Gulf as it stands, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed on Monday.Fire breaks out at US embassy in Saudi Arabia after mystery explosionA fire has broken out at the US embassy in Saudi capital Riyadh after an explosion.Unconfirmed reports have so far blamed the blast on a drone strike, while footage on social media shows smoke rising into the air.So far, Saudi Arabia has threatened it would place “all capabilities” at the disposal of the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait after the five were struck by Iranian attacks.Americans told to immediately leave more than a DOZEN Middle Eastern countriesThe US has told Americans to immediately leave more than a dozen countries in the Middle East.US citizens have been urged to depart using commercial means from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, the State Department has said.Donald Trump on Monday refused to rule out American boots on the ground in Iran.”I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground – like every President says: ‘There will be no boots on the ground.’ I don’t say it,” the President said.”I say ‘probably don’t need them’,” he added.
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