dubai yemens iranaligned houthi group attacked the united arab emirates uae in what the group said was an operation using missiles and drones setting off explosions in fuel trucks that killed three people including two indians and causing a fire near the airport of abu dhabi capital of the regions commercial and tourism hubthe strike on a leading gulf arab ally of the united states takes the war between the houthi group and a saudiled coalition to a new level and may hinder efforts to contain regional tensions as washington and tehran work to rescue a nuclear dealthe uae condemns this terrorist attack by the houthi militia on areas and civilian facilities on emirati soil it will not go unpunished the foreign ministry said the uae reserves the right to respond to these terrorist attacks and criminal escalationthe uae a member of the coalition has armed and trained local yemeni forces that recently joined fighting against the houthis in yemens energyproducing shabwa and marib regionswith nuclear negotiators running out of time the risk of a deterioration in the regions security climate is rising said torbjorn soltvedt principal mena analyst at risk intelligence company verisk maplecroftus secretary of state antony blinken in a phone call with his emirati counterpart condemned the attack the uae state news agency reported national security advisor jake sullivan said washington would work to hold the houthis accountablethe houthis have frequently launched crossborder missile and drone attacks on saudi arabia but have claimed few such attacks on the uae mostly denied by emirati authoritieshouthi military spokesman yahya sarea said the group fired five ballistic missiles and a large number of drones at dubai and abu dhabi airports an oil refinery in musaffah and several sensitive sites in the uaeabu dhabi police said three people were killed and six wounded when three fuel tanker trucks exploded in the industrial musaffah area near storage facilities of oil firm adnoc state media said those killed were two indians and a pakistanipolice said initial investigations found parts of small planes that could possibly be drones at the sites in musaffah and abu dhabi airport but they made no mention of missilesadnoc said an incident at its mussafah fuel depot at 10 am resulted in a fire police closed the road leading to the area where unverified footage on social media had shown thick smokeadnoc is deeply saddened to confirm that three colleagues have died a further six colleagues were injured and received immediate specialist medical care it saidan etihad airways spokesperson said a small number of flights were briefly disrupted at abu dhabi airport due to precautionary measures but normal operations quickly resumedproxy fightthe saudiled alliance carried out air strikes on yemens houthiheld capital sanaa reuters witnesses said following the strike on the uae and after the coalition intercepted eight drones launched toward saudi arabia on mondayunited nations secretarygeneral antonio guterres condemned the attack on the uae and urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint and prevent any escalation his spokesperson