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The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defence connected Friday (May 8, 2026) announced that the country's aerial defences are “actively engaging” with a rocket and drone onslaught arsenic the Iran war's shaky ceasefire was again challenged.
The Ministry advised residents not to approach, photograph oregon interaction “any debris oregon fragments that person fallen arsenic a effect of palmy aerial interceptions.”
Hours earlier, the U.S. subject said it had intercepted Iranian attacks connected 3 Navy ships successful the Strait of Hormuz connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) nighttime and “targeted Iranian subject facilities liable for attacking US forces.”
تتعامل حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع اعتداءات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة قادمة من ايران وتؤكد وزارة الدفاع أن الاصوات المسموعة في مناطق متفرقة من الدولة هي نتيجة تعامل منظومات الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية للصواريخ الباليستية، والجوالة والطائرات المسيرة.
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U.S. Central Command said successful a societal media station that U.S. forces intercepted “unprovoked Iranian attacks” and responded with self-defence strikes.
The U.S. subject said nary ships were hit. It said it doesn't question escalation but “remains positioned and acceptable to support American forces.”
President Donald Trump told reporters successful Washington that the ceasefire was holding contempt the violence.
The tenuous ceasefire betwixt the U.S. and Iran has mostly held since April 8. In-person talks betwixt the 2 countries, hosted by Pakistan past month, failed to scope an statement to extremity the warfare that began Feb. 28 erstwhile the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran.
