Iran LIVE: RAF Akrotiri 'preparing for war' as Donald Trump teases: 'The big one is coming'

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."

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Americans told to immediately leave more than a DOZEN Middle Eastern countries

The 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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