{"id":2000105298,"date":"2026-03-13T10:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000105298"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:44:23","slug":"iranian-drone-strike-hits-dubai-financial-center-as-gulf-tensions-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/iranian-drone-strike-hits-dubai-financial-center-as-gulf-tensions-escalate\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian drone strike hits Dubai Financial Center as Gulf tensions escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The financial district, one of the region\u2019s most important economic hubs, was struck amid a broader wave of aerial threats targeting Gulf states. Explosions were reported shortly after the incident, raising alarm in the busy commercial area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities later confirmed that the damage was limited. The Dubai Government Media Office said debris from a successful air defense interception fell onto the fa\u00e7ade of a building in central Dubai, causing minor structural damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAuthorities confirm that debris from a successful interception caused a minor incident on the fa\u00e7ade of a building in central Dubai. No injuries have been reported,\u201d the office said in a statement, adding that investigations into the incident were ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the UAE National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority stated that the country\u2019s air defense systems were responding to a missile threat but did not provide further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere in the region, Saudi Arabia reported intercepting two hostile drones over Al-Kharj Governorate, according to the Saudi Defense Ministry. Another drone was also shot down near the embassies district in Riyadh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incidents come amid a wave of retaliatory strikes by Iran since the outbreak of the U.S.\u2013Israeli war on Iran on February 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE has been subjected to over 1,000 Iranian attacks, more than any other targeted country, despite not participating in the war, according to the UAE’s foreign affairs ministry. The ministry previously affirmed the UAE’s right to self-defense under international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Authorities later confirmed that the damage was limited.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A suspected Iranian drone strike hit the Dubai International Financial Centre on Friday, sending a plume of smoke into the sky over central Dubai and highlighting the growing intensity of attacks across the Gulf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000105299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[101],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000105298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-internationl","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000105299,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nyt.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Authorities later confirmed that the damage was limited.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1280,"height":853,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nyt.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nyt.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nyt.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nyt.jpg","width":1024,"height":682},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nyt.jpg","width":1280,"height":853}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000105298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000105300,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105298\/revisions\/2000105300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000105299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000105298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000105298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000105298"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000105298"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000105298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}