Dubai, UAE, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain Today News Live:Iran unleashed a fresh aerial strike across the Gulf on Thursday evening as the conflict with the US-Israel entered its 7th day on Friday, March 6.
A fresh wave of missile and drone strikes was reported in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain.
Explosions were also heard in Qatar’s Doha and Bahrain’s Manama on Thursday as Iran continues to retaliate against coordinated strikes by targeting the US interests in West Asia.
Tensions between Washington and Tehran rose to another level as a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the waters near Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi warned the US “will bitterly regret the precedent it has set.”
The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran on Saturday, prompting Tehran to retaliate by launching missiles and drones towards several Gulf locations hosting US military facilities.
The Emirates and Etihad Airways resumed limited flight schedules to key global cities from their United Arab Emirates hubs on Friday, according to a report by Reuters.
The development comes as the Gulf nations continue to face threats from Iranian missile strikes amid the ongoing hostilities in the region.
The President Donald Trump-led administration is dealing with discontent from allies in the region who have expressed frustration, complaining they were not given adequate time to prepare for the Iranian attacks, Associated Press reports.
The United Arab Emirates is considering freezing billions of dollars of Iranian assets in the Gulf state aerial strikes from Tehran in the wake of the ongoing conflict in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the discussions.
Malaysia’s state energy firm Petronas announced it has started temporarily relocating personnel from its Abu Dhabi and Dubai operations in response to the ongoing conflict in the region.
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