Breaking News:Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: UAE to operate ‘special flights’ to evacuate stranded passengers– What Just Happened

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Emirates will begin operating a limited number of flights from the evening of 2 March. Priority is being given to customers with earlier bookings. Passengers who have been rebooked onto these flights will be contacted directly by Emirates. Please do not proceed to the airport unless you have received confirmation from the airline.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Dubai Airports confirms that a limited resumption of operations will begin today evening, 2 March, with a small number of flights permitted to operate from Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC), Dubai media office posted on X.

Travellers are advised not to proceed to DXB or DWC unless they have been contacted directly by their airline with a confirmed departure time.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: UAE civil aviation on Monday said that it begin operating ‘special flights’ across the country’s airports to allow departure of stranded passengers, Reuters reported.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin urged a ceasefire in the Middle East during phone calls with Emirati and Qatari leaders on Monday amid the escalating war in the Middle East.

Following US and Israeli barrages on the Russian ally Iran, retaliatory strikes from Tehran have hit targets across the Gulf, forcing authorities to close airspace and stalling traffic at big hubs such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

In a call with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, both leaders “emphasised the need for an immediate ceasefire and a return to the political and diplomatic process,” the Kremlin said in a readout.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Congress’ Jalna Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Kale is stranded in Dubai due to airspace closure caused by the Iran war, his brother Jagannath Kale said on Monday.

The MP had gone to Dubai with a few friends on Friday, a day before the joint US-Israel attack on Iran, his brother said.

“He was to return via Abu Dhabi on March 3. But due to the cancellation of flights, he is stuck in Dubai. He is safe and there is nothing to worry,” Jagannath Kale told PTI.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Several Etihad-operated special-service flights took off from Abu Dhabi International Airport on Monday, according to the airport’s website and FlightRadar24 data. That facility was among sites damaged in the barrage of drones and missiles sent by Iran this weekend. The incident resulted in one death and several injuries.

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, halted regular operations to and from Dubai until 3 pm local time on Tuesday and warned of disruptions through Thursday. Etihad Airways said it extended cancellations until 3 pm Tuesday, while Qatar Airways said flights to and from Doha were suspended due to the closure of Qatari airspace.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday that military operations against Iran would not lead to an “endless war” and that the aim was to destroy Tehran’s missiles, Navy and other security infrastructure.

His remarks came days after Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones targeting Dubai in retaliation for strikes by the United States and Israel that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Germany is flying out particularly vulnerable people including children, pregnant women and sick people from Riyadh and Muscat, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday.

Wadephul said that German crisis support teams would be sent to Muscat, Doha and Dubai, and that other teams were looking at “border crossing options between the affected countries and countries such as Oman and Saudi Arabia, both of which still have open airspace.”

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: The United States and six Arab nations on Monday issued a strongly worded statement condemning Iran’s recent missile and drone attacks across West Asia, calling them “indiscriminate”, “reckless”, and a dangerous escalation that threatens regional stability.

The statement, released by the governments of the US, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, followed a wave of Iranian strikes that targeted multiple countries in the region, which came in a retaliatory action by the Islamic Republic following US-Israel strikes on Iran that led to the death of the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family, ANI reported.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Amazon’s cloud arm said Monday it was working to restore full service in parts of the Middle East, after reporting one of its UAE data centres was struck by “objects”.

The UAE facility was suffering a “localized power issue” with “full recovery… still expected to be many hours away”, Amazon Web Services (AWS) wrote on its website at around 0900 GMT.

Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates are among Gulf cities hit by strikes since US and Israeli launched attacks on Iran, killing Iran’s supreme leader and other top officials.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to the King of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, and condemned the attacks on both countries during the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

Prime Minister Modi also discussed with them the well-being of the Indian community living in both countries.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Etihad Airways resumed some limited flight operations on Monday, the airline told Reuters, as global airlines including Middle East carriers adapt to the disruption caused by the escalating Iranian conflict since Saturday.

The Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran and Tehran’s military response forced the closure of airspace in various countries across the Middle East, including the United Arab Emirates, along with key airports including Dubai and Doha.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Black smoke rose from the US embassy in Kuwait on Monday, an AFP correspondent saw, while Kuwait mistakenly shot down US warplanes causing no casualties, as Iran pressed on with a third day of Gulf retaliation.

A US base and a power station were also targeted, in what was the most dramatic escalation for the small Gulf country in decades, after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and Baghdad’s attempt to take over Kuwait in 1990.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Tourists visit malls, monuments in Dubai amid Middle East tensions

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin told UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a phone call on Monday that he was ready to relay his complaints about Iranian strikes against UAE territory to Tehran, the Kremlin said.

It cited the UAE leader as saying that his country was not being used as a base to attack Iran and that Iranian strikes on the UAE could not therefore be justified.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Migrant workers are crucial to the Middle East economy, accounting for over 40% of the region’s labor force, the highest proportion in the world, according to the ILO.

Many of them are in low-income work and often lack adequate protection. Previous conflicts in the Middle East have seen some migrant workers abandoned by employers, often without their wages or travel documents.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: The United Arab Emirates on Monday summoned Iran’s Ambassador Reza Ameri and delivered a strongly worded note of protest, conveying the UAE’s condemnation in the strongest terms of Iran’s “terrorist attacks and assaults.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) stressed that the targeting of the UAE’s territory constitutes a blatant violation of its sovereignty, a threat to its national security, and a clear breach of all international conventions, resolutions, and established norms.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Major e-commerce platforms are warning of longer delivery times to the Middle East after the US-led bombing campaign against Iran disrupted key air and sea routes, threatening supplies to one of the industry’s fastest-growing markets.

Delivery estimates for goods being shipped to consumers across the region by China’s major online retailers have surged by several days. Temu currently estimates delivery times of up to 20 days, compared with about 15 previously.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Turkey canceled all Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon flights until Friday over attacks in the region, while all planned flights to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were canceled until Tuesday.

On the other hand, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Monday that flights would resume to Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, Jeddah and Medina airports, as well as to Oman.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in the Middle East with his United Arab Emirates counterpart, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Reuters reported citing Russian state news agency TASS.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Several US warplanes crashed on Monday in Kuwait, the country’s defence ministry said, with all the pilots safely bailing out.

The ministry did not elaborate on what caused the crashes, but they came during an intense period of Iranian fire targeting the country.

The Kuwaiti Defence Ministry said the pilots had been taken to a hospital for checkups and their condition was stable.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Punjabi singer-actor Ammy Virk shared that his wife and his six-year old daughter are stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid rising tensions across the West Asia region.

On Monday, Ammy took to Instagram and penned a note, revealing the brave words his little one told him during these uncertain times.

“The situation in the UAE has been weighing heavily on my heart. My wife and my 6-year-old daughter are there, and as a husband and father, it’s impossible not to feel emotional and tense during times like this. (sic),” Ammy wrote.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Countries in the Persian Gulf closed their airspace after Iran targeted US bases across the peninsula in retaliation for strikes on Tehran earlier in the day.

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, suspended all flight operations to and from Dubai, citing “multiple regional airspace closures.”

The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, which were among the countries targeted, also closed their airspaces in reaction to missile attacks from Iran.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Authorities in Thane and Palghar districts have activated mechanisms and issued advisories as part of efforts to help those stranded in the Middle East due to the Iran conflict as well as their kin here, officials said on Monday.

In separate statements, Thane collector Shrikrishna Panchal and his Palghar counterpart Indu Rani Jakhar urged residents whose kin or friends are stranded in the Gulf nations due to closure of airspace since Saturday to maintain contact with official channels for safety updates.

Dubai-Abu Dhabi news live updates: Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery came under attack on Monday from drones, the kingdom’s defense ministry said, with authorities downing the incoming aircraft, AP reported.

A Saudi military spokesman made the announcement on the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

Online videos from the site appeared to show thick black smoke rising after the attack.