Al Udeid contains the ahead components of CENTCOM, the regional US navy command, in addition to its air forces and particular operations forces.
Iran fired missiles at Al Udeid final June after US strikes targeted Iranian nuclear facilities throughout a quick warfare with Israel.
The UAE stated it reserved the proper to answer the Iranian assaults, slamming them as a “harmful escalation”. A number of missiles had been intercepted, it stated.
“The United Arab Emirates was subjected at present to a blatant assault by Iranian ballistic missiles,” the UAE defence ministry stated.
“The UAE’s air defences responded with excessive effectivity and efficiently intercepted plenty of the missiles.”
Abu Dhabi additionally hosts US forces on the Al Dhafra base. In the meantime, witnesses in Dubai additionally heard an explosion and noticed missiles streak throughout the sky.
“It was an enormous explosion and it made the home windows shake,” one witness informed AFP, requesting anonymity, echoing an identical account from one other Dubai resident.
