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UAE Says Iran Fired Two Missiles at Country as War Drags On - Yahoo Finance
WorldBy Sherif Tarek8/18/20261 min read
The United Arab Emirates said that two ballistic missiles were fired toward the country from Iran, the Islamic Republic’s first known attack on the Gulf nati...
✨ Key Highlights
- The UAE reported that Iran fired two ballistic missiles toward the country, marking Tehran's first known attack on the Gulf nation since May amid the ongoing Middle East war.
- Both missiles fell into the sea, with one landing within UAE territorial waters and the other outside, according to the country's Defense Ministry statement on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
- Residents in Dubai received a missile threat alert while UAE air defense systems responded, though the Interior Ministry soon declared the situation "safe"; Iran has not commented on the incident.
- The attack followed recent Iranian strikes on UAE-linked vessels, including two Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. ships hit while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday and another struck Friday evening, per state news agency WAM.
- The previous confirmed Iranian assault came in May, when Tehran launched 15 missiles and four drones, with one drone targeting a nuclear power plant reportedly fired from Iraq, where Iranian-backed militias operate.
- The war erupted after US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28, sharply reducing traffic through Hormuz—once carrying a fifth of the world's oil and LNG—while diplomatic efforts to ease the Tehran-Washington standoff have failed.
(Bloomberg) -- The United Arab Emirates said that two ballistic missiles were fired toward the country from Iran, the Islamic Republic's first known attack on the Gulf nation since May as the wider M