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Australia says defence personnel safe after drone attack near Dubai air base

By Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2026 | 6:48 PM

SYDNEY, March 3 (Reuters) – Australia said on Tuesday that all ​of its ‌defence personnel stationed at the Al Minhad Air Base near Dubai ‌were ​safe following ⁠a drone ⁠attack at the site over the weekend.

“All the Australians who ​are there are safe and accounted ⁠for. ⁠There were no ​injuries to Australians,” Defence ​Minister Richard Marles told ‌reporters in Canberra.

“We’ve got more than 100 personnel, actually, ⁠across the Middle East. Most of them are ⁠in ‌the UAE where ⁠we’ve had ​an ‌operational headquarters at ​Al Minhad ⁠for many, many years now.”

(Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Editing by Jacqueline ​Wong)