UAE reports drone and missile attack as Iran war ceasefire is challenged
The UAE said its air defenses intercepted the attack as U.S. forces struck Iranian military sites and both sides traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
- On Friday, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense announced its air defenses are "actively engaging" with a missile and drone attack, challenging the shaky Iran war ceasefire.
- Hours earlier, the United States military intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz Thursday night and "targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces."
- Iranian military forces fired missiles at "enemy units" in the Strait of Hormuz following an alleged tanker attack, while U.S. Central Command described the actions as "unprovoked Iranian attacks."
- President Donald Trump insisted the ceasefire is holding, calling U.S. strikes "just a love tap," while Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Islamabad remains in "continuous contact with Iran and the United States" to extend the truce.
- Iran has effectively closed the vital Strait of Hormuz, causing fuel prices to surge, though Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said, "We expect an agreement sooner rather than later.
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UAE reports drone and missile attack after U.S. says it traded fire with Iran
The United Arab Emirates said it responded to another Iranian missile barrage on Friday, hours after the U.S. said it traded fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest blows to a shaky month-old ceasefire.
In this context, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran with further attacks if the peace agreement is not signed “quickly.” I followed all the news about the war between the U.S., Israel and Iran in Clarín’s minute-to-minute coverage.
US-Iran war: UAE countering Iranian air attack after Trump says ceasefire still in effect
US-Iran war news: UAE air defences are actively responding to a missile and drone assault. Earlier, US forces intercepted Iranian attacks targeting three Navy ships. The US military also struck Iranian facilities responsible for these assaults. No ships were hit. This incident challenges the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, which has been in place since April 8.
UAE reports drone and missile attack as Iran war ceasefire is challenged
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defense announced that the country’s air defenses are “actively engaging” with a missile and drone attack early Friday as the Iran war’s shaky ceasefire was again challenged.
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