How a drone's flight took the US and Iran to the brink of war
by Julian Borger in Washington from on (#4HNP5)
The incident came close to sparking a war, with a planned retaliatory attack - but with Trump's top advisers reportedly split, doubts seemed to set in
The incident that came close to sparking a new war in the Middle East began late on Wednesday night at the Al Dhafr air base in the United Arab Emirates, just over 30km south of Abu Dhabi.
The base is home to the UAE's air force and a fluctuating number of US warplanes, including Global Hawk drones, used to fly high above the Persian Gulf looking down on the constant flow of oil tankers and northwards, sucking up huge quantities of data from Iran.
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