Reports suggest Dubai International Airport and Burj Al Arab sustained damage during Iranian missile strikes, raising concerns over regional escalation.
Earlier, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top security officials were killed in the US and Israel’s ongoing attacks.
Dubai's international airport and its landmark Burj Al Arab hotel sustained damage in an overnight Iranian attack, according to reports. Four people were injured at the airport, the emirate's media office said early on Sunday (March 1, 2026).
Dubai’s media office said on X that "a concourse at Dubai International (DXB) sustained minor damage in an incident, which was quickly contained.”
The media office later confirmed that a drone had been intercepted, and debris caused a minor fire on the outer facade of the iconic Burj Al Arab hotel.
The Burj Al Arab hotel has long been one of the emirate’s most recognisable symbols. On Saturday (February 28, 2026), a fire broke out near another hotel on the city's artificially made Palm Jumeirah Island.
Reuters reported that aviation sources said an overnight Iranian attack damaged one of the terminals at Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest travel hubs and a key gateway for tourism and trade in the Middle East. The attack came as a retaliatory measure after a US-Israeli joint military operation targeted military installations and government institutions in the country. The military action also killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Abu Dhabi Airports initially said in a post on X that an incident at Zayed International Airport resulted in one fatality involving an Asian national and seven injuries, but the post was later deleted, according to reports.
Dubai’s media office also said debris from an aerial interception sparked a fire at one of the berths at Jebel Ali Port.
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Iran fired missiles toward Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Doha, major east-west aviation hubs. Airlines suspended flights across the region, including services to and from Dubai and Abu Dhabi, while flight-tracking data showed much of Middle Eastern airspace largely empty, Reuters reported.
Following the death of Khamenei, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has pledged to avenge and launched attacks on 27 bases hosting US troops in the Middle East, along with Israeli military facilities in Tel Aviv.
People in New York City converged on Times Square on Saturday, hours after US President Donald Trump ordered a wave of deadly strikes on Iran. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the strikes “a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression”.