Dubai - Fresh blasts were heard across the Gulf cities of Dubai, Doha, and Manama on Sunday morning after Iran targeted territories in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes.
AFP reporters heard blasts in Dubai, the UAE; Doha, Qatar; and Manama, Bahrain.
Dubai's international airport and its landmark Burj Al Arab hotel sustained damage as overnight Iranian retaliatory attacks spread across the GCC and the wider Middle East, reaching beyond US bases and interests.
Four people were injured at the airport, the Emirates media office said early on Sunday.
Thick black smoke could be seen over Doha on Sunday morning after several loud explosions were heard across the Qatari capital, according to an AFP journalist.Dubai's media office later confirmed that a drone was intercepted, and debris caused a minor fire on the Burj Al Arab's outer facade.
On Saturday, a fire broke out near another hotel on the city's artificially made Palm Jumeirah Island. Aviation sources had told Reuters that an overnight Iranian attack damaged one of the terminals at the airport.
Abu Dhabi Airports also said in a post on X that an incident at Zayed International Airport in the UAE's capital resulted in one fatality involving an Asian national and seven injuries.
It later deleted the post. One of the berths at Dubai's Jebel Ali Port also caught fire because of debris resulting from an aerial interception, the Dubai media office said in a separate statement.
Iran fired missiles at Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Doha, all key east-west aviation gateways.
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