The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that six drones had been launched against it from Iraq in the past 48 hours, including one that caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the Persian Gulf state on ?Sunday.
The UAE’s defense ministry said in a statement that it had intercepted all but one ?of ?the drones. It said three in total had been targeting the Barakah Nuclear ?Power Plant, which is the Arab world’s first commercial nuclear power station.
The drone that penetrated the UAE’s defenses hit an electric generator outside the inner perimeter of the plant, the ministry said.
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