{"id":7640,"date":"2026-02-28T18:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7640"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:07:06","slug":"luxury-dubai-hotel-fairmont-the-palm-on-fire-as-iran-fires-retaliatory-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7640","title":{"rendered":"Luxury Dubai hotel Fairmont The Palm on fire as Iran fires retaliatory strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A lush Dubai tourist hot spot was set ablaze Saturday in Iran fired missiles on the middle east nation in retaliation for US\/Israeli airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>Fairmont The Palm, at the Palm Jumeirah \u2014 the glitzy tree-shaped island renowned for luxury apartment towers and hotels \u2014 looked like a war zone on Saturday, video and images circulating on social media showed.<\/p>\n<p>The massive hotel was engulfed in flames after UAE forces intercepted an Iranian air attack, according to reports.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>A presumed downed missile struck the front of the lush Fairmont The Palm in Dubai<br \/>on Saturday. <span class=\"credit\">x\/ALI_HASHIM_313A<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Debris from the intercepted attack, initially believed to be a missile, were believed to have crashed down near the front of The Palm, setting the facade of the building on fire, photos showed.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not revealed whether anyone was hurt or killed at the luxury hotel.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Videos circulating on social media showed a massive fireball and plume<br \/>of smoke that engulfed the luxury man made island. <span class=\"credit\">UGC\/ANONYMOUS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The strikes also sparked concerns that the world\u2019s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cirnosad\/status\/2027769612855873846?s=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may have also been struck. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UAE military boasted of intercepting three waves of ballistic missiles from Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Debris from one of the waves intercepted by the UAE Air Defense system fell on several areas in Abu Dhabi, the country\u2019s Ministry of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/modgovae\/status\/2027726319900102865?s=20\">announced on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One person was killed in the failed strikes.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cworker of Asian nationality\u201d was killed in one of the strikes in residential areas of Abu Dhabi, according to the Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Earlier on Saturday, a cyclist watches as Iran launched retaliatory strikes against several gulf nations including the UAE. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The UAE stated it \u201creserves the right to respond\u201d to the Iranian strikes, The Jerusalem Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Iran launched strikes into other Gulf nations on Saturday after being hit by Operation Epic Fury, including Israel, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/plain\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"optanon-category-C0017\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t!function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n\t\t\t\t\tif (f.fbq) return;\n\t\t\t\t\tn = f.fbq = function () {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tn.callMethod ?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n\t\t\t\t\t};\n\t\t\t\t\tif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n\t\t\t\t\tn.push = n;\n\t\t\t\t\tn.loaded = !0;\n\t\t\t\t\tn.version = &#8216;2.0&#8217;;\n\t\t\t\t\tn.queue = [];\n\t\t\t\t\tt = b.createElement(e);\n\t\t\t\t\tt.async = !0;\n\t\t\t\t\tt.src = v;\n\t\t\t\t\ts = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n\t\t\t\t}(window, document, &#8216;script&#8217;,\n\t\t\t\t\t&#8216;https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js&#8217;);\n\t\t\t\tfbq(&#8216;init&#8217;, &#8216;1391750046313645&#8217;);\n\t\t\t\tfbq(&#8216;track&#8217;, &#8216;PageView&#8217;);\n\t\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/28\/world-news\/luxury-dubai-hotel-fairmont-the-palm-on-fire-as-iran-fires-retaliatory-strikes\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lush Dubai tourist hot spot was set ablaze Saturday in Iran fired missiles on the middle east nation in retaliation for US\/Israeli airstrikes. 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