The authorities of Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates, have reported a fire in the Fujairah Oil Industrial Zone following what they described as a drone attack originating from Iran. According to the Fujairah press office, civil defense teams were immediately deployed to contain the fire.
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The incident is part of a series of Iranian attacks against the Emirates, whose Ministry of Defense claims to have intercepted three cruise missiles “originating from Iran” over its territorial waters, in the first projectile shootdown operation since the ceasefire between the United States and Tehran came into effect almost a month ago.
“Four cruise missiles originating from Iran approaching the country were detected. Three were successfully intercepted over Emirati territorial waters, while the fourth fell into the sea,” the department said in a statement, confirming that the booms heard “were the result of the successful shootdowns.”
This is the first operation to shoot down Iranian projectiles since the ceasefire came into effect
It also stated that “the UAE air defense system is actively combating missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) threats,” without providing further information.
This is the first time the Emirates has announced it is responding to an attack since the ceasefire between the United States and Iran took effect on April 8, a pact that ended Iranian retaliatory attacks for the war launched by Washington and Tel Aviv on February 28 against the Islamic Republic.
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After the pact was implemented, several Persian Gulf countries have reported a few attack launches against their territories, although these have been attributed to pro-Iranian militias from Iraq and other armed groups allied with Tehran.
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Alongside the attacks on the Emirati Oil Industrial Zone, the British army claims that a cargo ship is on fire off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and warns of possible Iranian attacks. The attacks by the Islamic Republic occur during the first day of Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom,” the operation the U.S. president announced this Sunday to escort stranded ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, South Korea has reported that a Korean ship suffered a fire and an explosion from causes still under investigation, not ruling out that it was caused by a mine explosion.
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