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A man walks away after watching a black plume of smoke rising from a warehouse in the industrial area of Sharjah City, United Arab Emirates.

Dubai built its boom on expats. Now war has the city on edge

From hotel balconies to heaving beach clubs, Western residents in the United Arab Emirates are navigating a surreal reality where missiles streak across the sky.

  • Annika Smethurst

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Ports in the United Arab Emirates and Oman have been targeted in Iranian retaliatory strikes.

Dubai influencers warned they face jail over war posts

With some of the harshest cybercrime laws in the world, in the UAE any commentary about regional conflict or security can be a criminal offence.

  • Patrick Sawer and Alice Lilley
A rotating GIF of images from the return of passengers on the first commercial flight from the Middle East to Australia after US-Israel strikes on Iran.

Stranded Australians arrive home after ‘traumatic’ waiting game in Middle East war zone

The Australians on the first repatriation flight from the Middle East included a group from Sydney’s Barker College and family of TV personality David Koch.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
The US-led attack on Tehran has put Australia’s nuclear safety watchdog on alert.

Australia’s nuclear emergency centre ‘on alert’ after Iran attack

The Melbourne-based nuclear incident room monitors global radiation threats and can model how radioactive material could spread.

  • Annika Smethurst
A Qatar Airways plane.

Stuck in the Middle East war zone? These are your options for getting back to Australia

Many flights out of the Middle East remain on hold, giving travellers limited options. But there are important points for affected Australians and their families to know.

  • Chris Zappone
Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong during a press conference.

Wong dispatches crisis squads to Middle East to help stranded Australians - but no rescue planes yet

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned of the historic challenge of repatriating Australians from the Middle East, with the ADF standing ready to support the operation.

  • Nick Newling and Daniel Lo Surdo
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Stranded in the UAE: Cruz Hewitt.

Lleyton Hewitt’s son among 50 tennis players ‘stuck in a war zone’

Lleyton Hewitt’s son Cruz is among dozens of tennis players stranded in the United Arab Emirates after a second-tier Challenger event was cancelled on Tuesday morning.

  • Simon Briggs and Tom Cary
US-Israeli attacks on Iran continue.

Iran conflict to continue for ‘weeks’ as scope of attacks widens

Donald Trump aired his plan to sustain the bombing campaign in the hope that Iranians would overthrow the regime, declaring its leaders faced “certain death” if they did not sue for peace.

  • David Crowe
Lucy Cormack in Dubai.

The day started with a cupcake. It ended sheltering with my baby in a basement car park

As for so many families living in the UAE, the weekend’s assault on Iran by the US and Israel brought the reality of Middle East conflict closer to home than ever before.

  • Lucy Cormack
A plume of smoke caused by an Iranian strike is seen in the background as Emirates planes are parked at Dubai International Airport on Sunday.

Logistical nightmare unfolds for thousands of Australian travellers

The disruption left many Australians stuck in airports abroad, while travel plans for those departing Australia have been upended as the conflict rages.

  • Chris Zappone