Missiles, interceptions, air closure mark day of fear for UAE residents

DUBAI: (Feb 28) Maya Taneja, a Dubai resident, panicked after hearing loud explosions and frantically started calling friends and relatives on Saturday.

“In the middle of my enquiries checking on people, I received a call from my brother-in-law in Bahrain. He too had heard explosions in his vicinity. It seems the entire region is on fire,” she said.

Taneja was not alone. In a day of dramatic developments following the Israel-US joint attack on Iran, the entire Gulf region braced for a nightmare they had anticipated for months but never experienced.