Dramatic footage shows people fleeing a smoke-filled passageway at Dubai International Airport, where officials confirmed four staff had been injured.
Airport officials did not say what sparked the evacuation. But aviation sources told the Reuters news agency that an overnight Iranian attack damaged one of the terminals at the airport.
ubai, in the United Arab Emirates, is the biggest tourism and trade hub in the Middle East. Its airport is one of the world’s busiest, serving as a home base for Emirates, a leading international airline.
UAE airports have established themselves as key nodes for connecting flights all over the world. Last year, Dubai and Abu Dhabi’s hubs handled a combined 127.7 million passengers, according to official figures. CNN reported.
Other Gulf states including Qatar and Bahrain also came under attack, piercing the kingdoms’ polished image as luxurious havens in an unstable region.
The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain, which all host US military bases, were targeted by Iran in retaliation to the US and Israeli strikes that have battered the Islamic Republic starting Saturday, killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
