Seven days after the drone attack on an Emirati oil site that claimed three victims, and the heavy response bombing of Yemen by Saudis and Emiratis, which left over 100 dead, the pro-Iranian Houthi militias return to strike Abu Dhabi. The anti-aircraft defenses of the Emirate intercepted two ballistic missiles against the capital in the night between Sunday and Monday, fragments of missiles fell on the city without causing damage. The air traffic was interrupted for about an hour as a precaution. A Houthi spokesperson confirmed that the group has launched attacks on the Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Videos circulated on social media show the Abu Dhabi sky lighting up before dawn with what appear to be interceptor missiles aimed at the incoming fire. Two explosions subsequently hit the city. A week ago, the Houthis hit an oil site 2o km from Abu Dhabi and a construction site near the airport, killing three. It was the first attack on his Emirate.
On Monday morning, the Houthis also said they had fired missiles at the al Dhafra base which houses American and French soldiers, but there is no independent confirmation.
Emirates, the Houthis attack an oil site and the airport, three dead. Arab coalition raid on Sana’a
by Gabriella Colarusso
In response, the Saudi-led coalition, which also includes the emirates and which has been fighting a proxy war in Yemen for six years against Iran, a supporter of the Houthis, launched massive bombings that killed over 100 people and blew up the Internet. in the country. The Houthis had threatened to take revenge on the Emirates and Saudi Arabia for those attacks. On Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition said a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis landed in an industrial area in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, lightly injuring a foreigner.
The Emirates “are ready to face any threat and take all necessary measures to protect the state from all attacks,” the UAE Ministry of Defense said. Houthi army spokesman Yehia Sarei claimed responsibility for the attack in a televised statement, saying the rebels targeted the UAE with both Zulfiqar ballistic missiles and drones. He warned that the UAE will continue to be a target “as long as attacks on the Yemeni people continue”.
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“We warn foreign companies and investors to leave the Emirates, it has become a dangerous country!”, Sarei warned. The US Embassy in Abu Dhabi has issued a safety notice for Americans living in the United Arab Emirates , warning citizens to “maintain a high level of situational awareness on the security front.” The warning also includes instructions on how to deal with missile attacks, something unheard of in the United Arab Emirates, a tourist destination that hosts Dubai dotted with skyscrapers.
The Zulfiqar ballistic missile, which is believed to have a range of 1,500 kilometers and was developed on the model of the Iranian Qiam missile, according to a report by the International Institute of Strategic Studies. Iran denies directly arming the Houthis, although UN experts, Western intelligence and independent analysts have linked the weapons in Tehran’s arsenal.