Jamie and his daughter, Izzy, 27, had decided to go to Abu Dhabi to relax after she returned from two and a half years working in Thailand. But they were caught in the terrifying spread of the war in the Middle East within minutes of arrival. One security alert on his phone told him 1184 drones were fired at Abu Dhabi in one day along with eight cruise missiles. “It took six hours by road across the desert to get from Abu Dhabi, but we had to get out. The Government is trying to organise mercy flights out of the gulf states of Oman and Abu Dhabi.

Source: Daily Mirror March 07, 2026 23:29 UTC