Roughly 200+ Italian Students Stranded in UAE After Iran Drone Strikes Dubai

A group of roughly 200 Italian nationals, mostly underage students, are stranded in Dubai after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) closed its airspace following Iran's drone strikes.

Roughly 200+ Italian Students Stranded in UAE After Iran Drone Strikes Dubai
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Christian K. Caruzo2 Mar 202642
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A group of roughly 200 Italian nationals, mostly underage students, are stranded in Dubai after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) closed its airspace following Iran's drone strikes.

In a brief statement, the Italian Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that the Italian embassy in Abu Dhabi and the consulate in Dubai are following the case of 190 Italians that are part of the World Students Connection (WSC), an Rome-based international educational programs association.

The group found themselves stranded in Dubai after the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries shut down their airspace in response to Iran launching a series of drone strikes in retaliation for the joint U.S.-Israel military strikes against high-profile Iranian regime targets. The BBC reports that one such drone strike hit the luxury Fairmont The Palm Hotel in Dubai...