BlockBeats News, March 4 — According to Bloomberg Terminal reports, the United Arab Emirates is weighing military action against Iran after experiencing 186 missile and 812 drone attacks. Although most of the attacks were intercepted, they still resulted in 3 deaths and about 70 injuries, targeting civilian infrastructure and oil facilities.
UAE officials have indicated they reserve the right to respond, as anger among Gulf neighboring countries grows over Iran’s actions. Meanwhile, Israeli and Saudi sources suggest that the conflict could involve other regional powers.
According to PolyBeats monitoring, on the prediction market Polymarket, the current probability that “the UAE will strike Iran before March 31” is 51%.
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