{"id":326835,"date":"2026-03-17T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-uae-powerless-against-irans-attacks-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:00:47","slug":"is-the-uae-powerless-against-irans-attacks-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-uae-powerless-against-irans-attacks-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the UAE powerless against Iran&#8217;s attacks? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/sdU7v4PQbYk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is the UAE powerless against Iran's attacks? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sdU7v4PQbYk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UAE\u2019s ports and airports are critical to global shipping and air traffic. Now they\u2019re the targets of Iranian drone attacks, forcing authorities to temporarily suspend operations. The UAE has been hit harder than any other Gulf state by Iranian attacks. Is it powerless to act, condemned to remaining stuck in the epicenter of an escalating war? Will it seek to pressure the US to end the war? Or is it willing to hit back, with strikes on Iran or seizures of Iranian assets? DW speaks to the UAE\u2019s Ambassador to Germany and former senior Foreign Ministry official, Ahmed Alattar.<\/p>\n<p>#uae #iranwar #usa #israel #gulfstates #dwgeopolitics<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UAE\u2019s ports and airports are critical to global shipping and air traffic. Now they\u2019re the targets of Iranian drone attacks, forcing authorities to temporarily suspend operations. 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