00:01The times when Dubai was a safe haven in the turbulent Middle East seemed to be gone.
00:07Iranian missile and drone attacks shook the city over the weekend,
00:11seeking to target American military bases in the United Arab Emirates.
00:17The strikes happened in retaliation to American and Israeli attacks on Iran.
00:24Behind me here is Dubai Marina. That's one of the tallest residential blocks on Earth.
00:29And it's Monday in the United Arab Emirates. Typically, this is the start of the working week.
00:34But roads and highways are devoid of traffic.
00:36That's because the government has told people to stay home, remain indoors,
00:40because there's still these interceptions of Iranian drones and missiles targeting this nation of 9 million people.
00:47Now, already, this is war, which was started by the Americans and the Israelis bombing Iran,
00:52has spread across the wider Gulf Cooperation Council, including the United Arab Emirates,
00:57and even here in Dubai, which long has been considered a safe corner of the Middle East
01:02to do business for tourists to visit, this war has come and it's disrupted life as we know it.
01:09Flights to and from Dubai, but also other regional hubs, such as Tel Aviv and Doha,
01:15have been suspended, leaving thousands of tourists and travelers stranded in the region for now.
01:21Flights to and from the other side of the world.
01:23Flights to and from Dubai, but also other regional hubs, such as Tel Aviv and Doha,
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