Iran bombed Dubai! Britons in lockdown as missiles shatter the dream of Dubai [View all]

Britons in lockdown as missiles shatter the dream of Dubai
Luxurious calm of apartment blocks, hotels and gated estates is ripped apart by Iranian attack


In Dubai, visitors and residents began their weekends in the air-conditioned luxury of the glittering apartment blocks, hotels and opulent gated estates to which they had long since grown accustomed.

Yet the pristine streets outside were soon to be littered with debris from missiles fired from across the sea by a Shia theocracy facing its greatest crisis since its seizure of power in 1979.

Explosions had erupted across Tehran, Iran’s capital, at around 9am local time as the United States and Israel began a series of massive strikes aimed at annihilating a system that has tormented policy makers in Tel Aviv and Washington for decades

Iran’s response was swift and unrelenting. From launch sites across the country, wave after wave of missiles and drones were sent screaming through the sky towards Israel and US military bases all over the Middle East. 

Many of them, however, would come crashing down in some of the world’s most exclusive and sought-after neighbourhoods.

One would smash into the front of Dubai’s five-star Fairmont The Palm Hotel, whose residents had begun the day enjoying panoramic views of the Gulf and the Dubai Marina.

By early evening, a fire raged near the entrance, with smoke billowing into the air as the sun set over the Dubai skyline. Some of those inside hurried to the basement to escape the onslaught.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/28/britons-stranded-middle-east-airspace-shut-down/