00:25As U.S. warships move closer to Iran,
00:29a stunning fracture has emerged inside America's closest circle of allies.
00:34The United Arab Emirates, long viewed as one of Washington's most reliable...
00:39partners in the Middle East, has drawn a hard line declaring it will not...
00:44support any attack on Iran.
00:49No waters and no logistical help for a U.S.-led strike.
00:54In a formal statement, the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed...
00:59that Emirati territory, airspace and waters will not be used for hospital...
01:04military actions against Iran.
01:09They will refuse any logistical or operational support connected to an attack.
01:14For a nation that has often aligned closely with Washington and with President Donald...
01:19Donald Trump personally, this is a rare and unmistakable rebuke at a critical...
01:24moment.
01:25Tehran has responded with its own stark warning...
01:29a senior Iranian official told Reuters that any U.S. attack, no matter how...
01:34limited or surgical would be treated as an all-out war.
01:39An official warned that Iran would respond in the hardest way possible, signaling that...
01:44escalation would be immediate and widespread.
01:47The message to Washington was...
01:49a blunt.
01:50There will be no controlled strike and no controlled outcome.
01:54President Trump has repeatedly kept the door open to new military action...
01:59against Iran.
02:00That follows U.S. support and participation in Israel's...
02:0412-day campaign last June, aimed at degrading Iran's nuclear and...
02:09ballistic missile programs.
02:10Trump has framed potential action as a response to...
02:14internal repression, nuclear ambitions and regional instability, while...
02:19force remains firmly firmly on the table...
02:22and the military posture...
02:24continues to harden.
02:25Trump has confirmed that a U.S. armada is moving...
02:29toward Iran.
02:30Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three destroyer...
02:34are now operating in the Indian Ocean, adding nearly 5,700...
02:39U.S. personnel to the region.
02:41F-15E Strike Eagles are...
02:44active across the Middle East, while U.S. cargo aircraft have been tracked moving...
02:49into forward bases.
02:51America's allies are repositioning as...
02:54as well.
02:55The United Kingdom has deployed Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar...
02:59on what it calls a defensive mission.
03:01Meanwhile, U.S. Patriot and THA...
03:04AAD missile defense systems remain on high alert across the region.
03:09The posture closely mirrors the build-up that preceded last year's strikes on Iranian...
03:14nuclear facilities, moves officials insist are deterrent, even as...
03:19nuclear preparation accelerates.
03:21All of this is unfolding as Iran faces its...
03:24most severe internal unrest in decades.
03:27Since late December, protests...
03:29driven by economic collapse and anger at clerical rule have swept the country...
03:34activists say more than 5,000 people have been killed...
03:38and over...
03:3927,000 detained.
03:41The regime has responded with mass arrests...
03:44internet blackouts...
03:45and threats of fast-track executions.
03:48Trump...
03:49has openly called for an end to Ayatollah Khamenei's 37-year rule...
03:54urging Iranians to take over state institutions.
03:57As Washington...
03:59manages closer to confrontation...
04:01one of Trump's closest allies is stepping back...
04:04the UAE's refusal to participate underscores the risk of a wider regional...
04:09fracture...
04:10just as the U.S. and Iran move toward a dangerous crossroads.
04:14with warships in motion...
04:16warnings growing shaper...
04:17and alliances under...
04:19under strain...
04:20the question is no longer whether tensions will rise...
04:23but whether...
04:24anyone still has room to step away.
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