Dubai Airport Fire: The busy Dubai Airport has restored operations after a drone strike struck a fuel compound in the airport’s compound. The authorities announced that several flights have now been diverted to the Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) from the Dubai International Airport (DXB).
Dubai Airport Fire-What Happened?
Flight operations were suspended by airport authorities after a fuel tank in the vicinity was struck by a drone attack from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The latest strike came a day after the Iran regime accused the United States of using docks, hideouts and ports in the United Arab Emirates. Tehran issued a warning for evacuating UAE’s three ports before it targeted the non-US assets in a neighbouring country.
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Several routes around the airport including the Airport Tunnel, Airport Road, access roads near Cargo Village and Marrakech Street and Al Garhoud Bridge towards Casablanca Street were shut down to secure the area. Motorists were advised to seek alternative routes, resulting in considerable congestion in adjacent neighbourhoods that are already dense with airport-related traffic.
Why Is Iran Striking In The Gulf?
Tehran has been maintaining that it’s targeting US military facilities and “hostile” infrastructure of the United States in countries that host American forces. However, Iran has been repeatedly striking on or near civilian sites, including oil facilities, airports and residential areas.
According to media reports, Iran has attacked Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the UAE since February 28, testing regional air defence patience and exposing vulnerabilities.
Why Are Middle East Governments Not Attacking Iran?
Countries in the Middle East governments have been avoiding attacks on Iran despite repeated air strikes as they possibly don’t want to get dragged down into a regional war. Moreover, many of these countries are hedging between Tehran and Washington and depend on them for economic ties. Many Gulf states don’t want to become front-line combatants in US Israel Iran War. This is because an open war against Iran could expose their cities, expatriate-dependent economies and energy facilities to devastating retaliation.