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Drone strike starts fire outside UAE nuclear plant as Iran war ceasefire tested

A fire broke out at the United Arab Emirates’s Barakah Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday after a drone strike hit the area. Abu Dhabi’s state media office did not say where the airstrike came from and told the public to only listen to verified sources and “to avoid spreading rumors”

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Drone strike starts fire outside UAE nuclear plant as Iran war ceasefire testedA fire broke out at the United Arab Emirates’s Barakah Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday after a drone strike hit the area. Abu Dhabi’s state media office did not say where the airstrike came from and told the public to only listen to verified sources and “to avoid spreading rumors”
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