Dubai, March 16, 2026 (AFP) - Attacks hit UAE after Iran blames it for strikes

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2026-03-16

Missiles and drone attacks struck across the UAE on Monday, disrupting travel at Dubai airport, causing a fire in a crucial oil hub in the east and killing one civilian. Even the usually quiet northern emirate of Umm Al Quwain was not spared, with a drone attack damaging an unspecified building but inflicting no casualties, authorities said. The slew of attacks came a day after Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said US bases in the Middle Ea......

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