Iran resumes attacks on UAE
The UAE said Monday that its air defenses were dealing with Iranian missile and drone attacks, after saying that it previously intercepted three missiles over its territorial waters earlier in the day.
A drone strike meanwhile caused a fire at an energy installation in the emirate of Fujairah, authorities said.
"Fujairah Civil Defense teams immediately responded to the incident and are continuing their efforts to control it," the Fujairah media office said in a statement.
Fujairah is home to a major port, pipeline and other petroleum based installations bypassing the throttled Strait of Hormuz.
The UAE said earlier that Iran fired two drones at a tanker affiliated with its state oil company ADNOC in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning the attack.
"Targeting commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of economic coercion or blackmail represents acts of piracy by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps," the foreign ministry said, adding there were no injuries.
Source: Naharnet, Agence France Presse
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