Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were activating air defence systems across the country this morning, while blasts were heard off the Abu Dhabi coast, where US assets are positioned, Natasha Turak, a journalist based in Dubai, told Al Jazeera.
“As these skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz continue along these coastal waters, the UAE remains on high alert, as these attacks sort of restarted as we saw on Monday,” she said.
“UAE authorities are encouraging vigilance, but across the country so far today, we have not heard the missile alerts themselves go off, suggesting that at this point, the mainland itself is not coming under attack,” she added.
