The United Arab Emirates has reportedly reopened its airspace after closing it due to missile and drone threats from Iran
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with the UK after PM Keir Starmer said it would not be drawn into a “wider war” over Iran
Trump repeats his call for other nations, particularly Nato allies, to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and says he has been surprised more world leaders were not “eager” to be involved in the key oil shipping route
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says this war “is not a matter for Nato”, while Nato says “allies have already stepped up to provide additional security in the Mediterranean”
Meanwhile, leaders of the UK, Canada, France, Germany and Italy issued a joint statement, saying a significant Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon would have “devastating humanitarian consequences”
Earlier the Israeli military said it had begun “a wide-scale wave of strikes” in the cities of Tehran, Shiraz and Tabriz, with BBC Verify seeing videos of damage in Iran’s capital
Iran repeatedly strikes the UAE
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Since the war began, the Iranian military has launched more than 1,900 missiles and drones at the United Arab Emirates.
Iran has been targeting the UAE’s transport and oil infrastructure.
Flights were temporarily suspended on Monday after a fire broke out near Dubai International Airport, the busiest hub for international travel, after a “drone-related incident”. A drone attack also caused a fire at the strategically important port at Fujairah, one of the largest oil storage facilities in the region.
And a rocket attack on a car killed a Palestinian national on the outskirts of the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, the city’s Media Office reported.
Dubai International Airport has been under multiple attacks since Iran launched retaliation strikes, causing major delays and disruptions. A luxury hotel in Dubai was also hit in late February.
The UAE “feels it has been unjustly pulled into this war”, BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri told the BBC Global News podcast on Monday.
“Iran may think this is the sort of pressure that makes leaders here put pressure on the United States to end the war but the fact is, is that officials here are furious,” she said.
Given how long it has taken the UAE to become “a safe and prosperous country”, and the fact that “it’s taking multiple blows”, Moshiri said, “people are worried about the longterm impact
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