The United Arab Emirates slammed the latest Iranian barrage targeting its country, calling the attacks a \u201cdangerous escalation\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese attacks represent a dangerous escalation and an unacceptable transgression, posing a direct threat to the state\u2019s security, stability, and the safety of its territories,\u201d the UAE foreign ministry said. <\/p>\n
It added that the UAE \u201creserves its full and legitimate right to respond to these attacks\u201d.<\/p>\n
The UAE\u2019s defence ministry and state news agency said a fresh Iranian barrage had targeted the country following multiple alerts from authorities warning people to take cover.<\/p>\n
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFour cruise missiles launched from Iran were detected toward various areas across the country. Three were successfully engaged over the country\u2019s territorial waters, while one fell in the sea,\u201d the defence ministry posted on social media.<\/p>\n State news agency WAM also cited the defence ministry as saying its forces were working to repel missile and drone attacks coming from Iran.<\/p>\n A strike targeting an energy installation in the emirate of Fujairah on Monday left three people injured, according to the government media office there.<\/p>\n \u201cThree Indian nationals sustained moderate injuries and have been transferred to the hospital to receive necessary treatment,\u201d the Fujairah media office said in a post on social media.<\/p>\n Two people were injured when a residential building was targeted in Oman\u2019s Bukha along the coastline of the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported.<\/p>\n \u201cA security source reported that a residential building for employees of a company in the Tibat area of Bukha was targeted, resulting in moderate injuries to two expatriates, damage to four vehicles and broken glass in one of the nearby houses,\u201d the Oman News Agency said.<\/p>\n Iran said it had \u201cno plans\u201d to target the UAE, Iranian state television said.<\/p>\n – AFP<\/p>\n AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a>Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Arab Emirates slammed the latest Iranian barrage targeting its country, calling the attacks a \u201cdangerous escalation\u201d.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95,151281,806,5660,211832,38602,5842,81547,2841,8452,6097,95658,70951,8223,42,16609,168147,700,64797,117,43,78054,41401,17902,40,38,41,39,4719,9938,3040],"class_list":["post-412014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-and","tag-arab","tag-as","tag-attacks","tag-barrage","tag-boats","tag-calling","tag-condemns","tag-country","tag-dangerous","tag-down","tag-emirates","tag-escalation","tag-forces","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-iranian","tag-latest","tag-missiles","tag-new","tag-news","tag-sink","tag-slammed","tag-targeting","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-uae","tag-united","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}