UAE responds to attacks from Iran; Trump says ceasefire still in place
Bahrain, US float Security Council resolution on Strait of Hormuz
Bahrain and the US have circulated a draft Security Council resolution calling for Iran to cease attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
The resolution is supported by Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, whose representatives also took part in the stakeout. The UAE Mission to the UN shared the text of the draft resolution on X.
The development comes a day after the UN Security Council met in closed session following Monday’s missile and drone attacks on the UAE, which the Iranian military denied carrying out.
Day 31 of ceasefire
US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz early on Friday, which he dismissed as “a trifle.”
The US military said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets in response, although Tehran charged that it was Washington that had initiated the exchange of fire.
The violence threatened to unravel a fragile truce in effect since April 8 that brought an end to weeks of US-Israeli attacks on the Islamic republic, which has retaliated with strikes across the Middle East and by blocking the strait, a vital route for oil and gas shipments.
Following the start of the war with US-Israeli attacks on February 28, Iran largely shuttered the Strait of Hormuz.
Around 1,500 ships and 20,000 international crew are now trapped in the Gulf region because of the conflict, the secretary-general of the UN’s International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Dominguez, told a Maritime Convention of the Americas meeting in Panama.
UAE defence systems respond to missile threats
The UAE Ministry of Defence assured the public early on Friday that sounds heard across the country are result of ongoing engaging operations. The urged residents to remain in a safe location and follow official channels for warnings and updates.
