Dubai, oasis for business and partying, confronts war

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

Iranian airstrikes have shaken Persian Gulf countries, undermining their reputations as havens of wealth and stability and forcing them to take sides in a war they opposed.

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Smoke is visible after debris of an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, seen from a historic fort. (Katarina Premfors/For The Washington Post)

DUBAI — Black smoke rose above Dubai’s international airport Saturday morning after an Iranian drone struck near a terminal. That night, a boom reverberated across the Marina neighborhood as debris from another drone slammed into a high-rise tower. By Sunday morning, the shrill blare of missile alerts rang out over mostly empty beach clubs.