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news agency suggesting UAE involvement. The UAE defence ministry said its air defense systems **were intercepting missiles and drone attacks from Iran** this morning, further straining the tenuous ceasefire. Iranian
missile batteries are due to “an extraordinary relationship between the UAE and Israel based on the Abraham Accords”. Anwar Gargash, an adviser to the UAE’s president, said on March 17 that Iranian attacks
news agency, WAM, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed received calls from several regional leaders after Iranian attacks on the country on May 5, including from Netanyahu, who expressed solidarity with the UAE and support for measures
Iranian attacks on its facilities, included a strike on Iran’s Lazan Island just before the 7 April ceasefire was announced, [the Wall Street Journal reported](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-a-e-has-been-secretly-carrying-out-attacks-on-iran-f1745a0d). The news is likely to make
news agency. Besides this, the Fujairah port is a major global hub for ship refuelling and also provides general cargo, dry bulk and container services. ## What has the response been to the attack
missiles for defence. To counter the drone threat, Gulf states and their US partners have turned to Ukrainian-made anti-drone technology, battle-tested against Russian drone attacks. In late March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
news outlet Al Mayadeen cited a senior Iranian official as saying that the administration of the Hormuz Strait remains fully in Tehran’s hands. “Our message to the Iranian aggressors: Move forward and you will
news agency. Araghchi also criticised Abu Dhabi for not condemning an attack on a school in Minab city on the first day of the conflict, in which Iran says about 170 students were killed. Iran
Iranian attacks on the UAE”, according to the Petra news agency. Safadi reiterated Jordan’s “absolute solidarity” with the UAE “in confronting these attacks”. He described the strikes as “a dangerous escalation and a threat
news agency later posted an article denying "reports circulating" about a Netanyahu visit. According to WAM, the country's relations with Israel "are public and conducted within the framework of the well-known and officially
News Agency reported that a US warship that had refused to turn back from the Strait of Hormuz had been hit by two Iranian drones. The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) denied a warship
Iranian attacks. The surveillance plane has been feeding information and intelligence back to the Combined Air Operations Centre in Qatar, but Australian defence officials [maintain it is not assisting the US in offensive capabilities
missile destroyers, more than 100 land and sea-based aircraft, and 15,000 service personnel. According to UKMTO - the British military's operation tracking threats to shipping in the Middle East - the US was advising
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday [urged](/news/2026/5/14/iran-urges-brics-nations-to-condemn-us-israeli-war-aggression) BRICS member states to condemn what he described as “violations of international law by the United States and Israel”. The war has intensified tensions between Iran
News Agency also reported on Thursday that there was an agreement to allow some Chinese ships to pass. Moreover, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported that about 30 vessels had transited through the strait since
Iranian foreign minister Araghchi [arrived](/news/2026/5/14/iran-war-why-the-brics-foreign-ministers-meeting-in-india-matters) in New Delhi late on Wednesday night to represent Iran at the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting. ## In the Gulf - **Netanyahu’s UAE visit:** The Israeli Prime Minister held
UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority said air defence systems were responding to a missile and drone threat, and urged residents to remain in safe locations and follow official updates
Iranian forces launched 15 ballistic missiles and four drones at its territory. UAE authorities said the attacks set off a large fire at a major oil refinery in the eastern emirate of Fujairah and wounded
Iranian system to collaborate as much as they might want. This might be the reason you had those strikes on the UAE and then an expression of regret.” Markets were unconvinced by the move from
missile attacks despite the ceasefire. On Sunday, a drone strike sparked a fire on the edge of the UAE's sole nuclear power plant in what authorities called an "unprovoked terrorist attack" while not assigning