The United Arab Emirates shut down its airspace early Tuesday as its military reported it was “responding to missile and drone threats from Iran.” The closure was soon lifted, the state-run WAM news agency quoted the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority as saying.
Authorities said “the situation stabilized,” allowing flights to resume.
Shortly after, authorities sent a missile warning alert to people in Dubai. The sound of explosions could be heard in Dubai as the military worked to intercept the incoming fire.
The state-run WAM news agency said a drone attack again sparked a fire in an oil tank farm in Fujairah, a UAE emirate that repeatedly has been targeted on the country’s east coast with the Gulf of Oman. It said no one had been injured in the blast.
Source: AP News
