Debris from Iranian suicide drones has struck Dubai’s financial hub this morning amid the ongoing conflict causing chaos in the popular tourist destination.
The city’s skyline was engulfed in thick black smoke on Friday morning as a fire erupted in an industrial zone.
A plume of gray smoke was visible over the city from the explosion site, with the prominent Burj Khalifa tower standing tall in the background.
These visuals followed a previous day’s incident where a fire broke out in a high-rise near Dubai Creek Harbour due to additional Iranian attacks on the city.
Earlier this week, four individuals were injured in an Iranian assault on the city’s airport.
Local authorities confirmed on Friday that there were no reported injuries from the recent attacks on Dubai International Financial Centre. Officials indicated that the latest explosion resulted from debris generated by an aerial interception.
The Gulf nations are facing relentless Iranian aerial assaults across the region following the recent US-Israeli strike on Iran, which led to the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In Oman, two individuals have lost their lives following the shooting down of a drone in Sohar province, as reported by Oman’s state news agency today.
Israel’s Health Ministry has disclosed that over 2,975 people have sustained injuries in the attacks since the commencement of the US-Israel conflict with Iran on February 28.
Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry announced the destruction of 28 drones that breached its airspace, as detailed in a series of recent posts.
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