UAE responds to a new wave of missile, drone threats on Wednesday

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UAE authorities have announced on Wednesday morning that they are responding to another wave of missile and drone threats from Iran.

An alert was sent out at 7:10 am, with the public advised to remain indoors. The authorities shared another alert at 7:41 am notifying the community that the situation is safe and operations can be resumed normally. 

Previously, authorities had shared an alert at 6:28 am, before clearing the situation with a second notification at 6:59 am. 

The defence forces also assured the community that the sounds heard were the result of interceptions by its air systems.

 

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