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Iran escalates its drone and missile attacks on Gulf countries to pressure global economies

Gulf nations are on high alert as Tehran expands its targets to include civilian infrastructure and major trade hubs. While Israel claims significant degradation of Iranian missile capabilities, the human cost continues to mount across multiple fronts, with over 800,000 now displaced in Lebanon.

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00:00Iran made a shift over the weekend, expanding its threats into civilian territory across the Gulf.
00:06Here in the UAE, they issued evacuation warnings to people nearby to three major ports.
00:13Jebel Ali port in Dubai, Khalifa port in Abu Dhabi and Fajera port.
00:18Now, over the weekend, our financial district was hit by drone debris.
00:22In addition, this morning, DXB, Dubai International Airport, once again suffered a hit,
00:28resulting in the complete closure of the airport, no inbound or outbound flights.
00:33We are told they're slowly resuming as the day goes on.
00:36A couple of hours ago, a drone strike in Abu Dhabi hit a civilian car, resulting in one death.
00:42And just a few moments ago, we're hearing of reports of black smoke, plumes billowing above Um al-Qaim,
00:49which is one of our nearby emirates.
00:51Now, the U.S. made military precision strikes over the weekend on Karg Island in Iran.
00:57Now, that handles around 90% of their crude oil export.
01:02And while it's said that the oil infrastructure was not hit,
01:05U.S. President Donald Trump did make a statement saying he may hit the island again just for fun.
01:11Now, the UAE has hit back at those claims that those U.S. strikes originated from UAE territory.
01:19And our presidential advisor, Dr. Anwar Gargash, took to his social media this morning and over the weekend
01:25and said that those claims are part of a confused policy that has misdirected its aim,
01:32lost its compass and forsaken wisdom.
01:35Jane Witherspoon, Euronews in Dubai.
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