“The shine has definitely been taken off,” said John Trudinger, a British resident of Dubai for 16 years, who is a headteacher at an Emirati school in Dubai. View image in fullscreen People are greeted by relieved family members after arriving back in Germany on a flight from Dubai. Attacks on two datacentres briefly left Dubai residents unable to use their phones for digital payments. Everybody knows that Dubai is finished.”View image in fullscreen Smoke rises from a warehouse in the industrial area of Sharjah City near Dubai. Drone strikes near Dubai airport early on Wednesday morning injured two Ghanians, an Indian and a Bangladeshi national.

Source: The Guardian March 12, 2026 21:27 UTC