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Regional airlines are monitoring security and airspace after Israel’s military launched an attack against Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Flights have been disrupted after explosions were heard across Tehran, the Iranian capital, in what the Israeli military described as “precise strikes on military targets”.
Responding to the situation, a number of airlines in the region rerouted flights.
Iran and Iraq suspended all flights over their national airspace immediately after the Israeli attack. Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim later reported that flights would resume from 9am on Saturday.
UAE carrier Etihad Airways rerouted a number of flights on Saturday, with a representative telling The National events were likely to cause disruption and delays until Monday.
“This is a developing situation, and the airline is continuously monitoring security and airspace updates,” a statement read. “This is likely to cause some disruption and delay to a number of flights over the next 48 hours. Customers are urged to check the status of their flight on etihad.com.”
Emirates, meanwhile, has cancelled all flights to and from Baghdad and Tehran up to and including October 30 while flights to and from Beirut are cancelled up to and including October 31.
Anyone booked to travel through Dubai to these destinations will not be accepted at their point of origin.
Flydubai flights with a final destination of Tehran, Baghdad or Erbil are operating as scheduled.
Qatar Airways has temporarily suspended flights to and from both Iran and Lebanon until further notice. Flights to Jordan and Iraq will only operate during daylight hours.
Watch: Explosions heard in Tehran after Israeli strike on Iran
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Milestones on the road to union
1970
October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar.
December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.
1971
March 1: Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.
July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.
July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.
August 6: The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.
August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.
September 3: Qatar becomes independent.
November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.
November 29: At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.
November 30: Despite a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa.
November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties
December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.
December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.
