The UAE air force engaged a drone over its territorial waters that had come from Iran, the defence ministry said in a statement on Monday.
The UAE foreign ministry later strongly condemned the Iranian drone attack © Mena Today
The UAE air force engaged a drone over its territorial waters that had come from Iran, the defence ministry said in a statement on Monday.
It did not provide further details on the drone, including whether it was shot down or its intended target.
The UAE foreign ministry later strongly condemned the Iranian drone attack as "a dangerous escalation that represents a flagrant violation of the state’s sovereignty, security and stability."
It said the UAE reserved its full right to respond and called for an immediate halt to the attacks.
Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly, Eman Abouhassira and Menna Alaa El-Din
Iran warned on Sunday against any big new attack by the United States and its allies, saying it had information such a move was being prepared, adding to the anxiety in a region already on edge after drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia.
The United States has warned it fears a "rapid escalation" of hostilities in the Middle East, following Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia that struck the kingdom's capital for the first time in months.
The Saudi-led military coalition announced Sunday that it had intercepted a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels toward Riyadh, where explosions were heard at dawn, the first such incident since hostilities resumed between the kingdom and the Iran-backed fighters.
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