UAE, Washington condemn deadly Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Men stand outside a storage facility of oil giant ADNOC in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on January 17, 2022. Three people were killed in a suspected drone attack that set off a blast and a fire in Abu Dhabi, officials said. PHOTO | AFP

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group attacked the United Arab Emirates in what it said was an operation using missiles and drones, setting off explosions in fuel trucks that killed three people and caused a fire near the airport of Abu Dhabi, capital of the region's commercial and tourism hub.

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