United Arab Emirates officials didn't blame anyone immediately, but the deadly blasts came with a claim from Yemen's Iran-backed rebels to have struck 'deep in the UAE.'
Abu Dhabi police said preliminary investigations indicated the detection of small flying objects, possibly belonging to drones, that fell in the two areas and may have caused the explosion and fire. They said there was no significant damage from the incidents, without offering further details.Police described the airport fire as"minor" and said it took place at an extension of the international airport that is still under construction.
Armed Houthi fighters attend the funeral procession of Houthi fighters who were killed in recent fighting with forces of Yemen's internationally recognized government, in Sanaa, Yemen, November 24, 2021.Although the UAE has decreased the number of troops it has on the ground, it continues to be actively engaged in the war and supports key militias fighting the Houthis. It also cooperates closely with the United States in counter-terrorism operations in Yemen.
An image broadcast on March 26, 2021 by Saudi state television shows what was said to be the remains of an explosives-laden Houthi drone downed by the kingdom's missile defense systems. Though there have been civilian deaths in Saudi Arabia from some of these attacks, the overwhelming number of civilian deaths have been in Yemen. The— both civilians and fighters — and has exacerbated hunger and famine across the impoverished country.
Torbjorn Soltvedt, an analyst at the risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft, noted that while suspicion likely would fall on the Houthis, Iraqi-based militias also have threatened the Emiratis with attacks."Today's attack comes only days after Iran-backed groups threatened to strike against Abu Dhabi in response to alleged Emirati interference in Iraqi politics," he said.
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