Monitoring Unit of HAPC:
Date: 19/3/2026
UAE Ministry of Defence announced that its air defenses had intercepted 13 ballistic missiles and 27 drones launched by Iran towards its territory since Wednesday morning .
The ministry siad that, since the beginning of the Iranian attacks, its air defenses have dealt with 327 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, and a huge number of drones, reaching 1,669 .
According to her statement , these attacks have resulted from the beginning in the martyrdom of two members of her armed forces, and six civilians of Pakistani, Nepalese, Bangladeshi and Palestinian nationalities .
She also explained that the number of injured since the beginning of the Iranian attacks has reached 158, with injuries ranging from minor to moderate to severe. A small number of them are Emirati nationals, while the rest of the injured are of Egyptian, Sudanese, Palestinian, Bahraini, Comorian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Yemeni, Omani, Ethiopian, Pakistani, Iranian, Sri Lankan, Turkish, Indian, Filipino, Ugandan, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Azerbaijani, and Nepalese nationalities. addition to Afghan, Jordanian, Swedish, Indonesian, Tunisian, Eritrean, and Bangladeshi .
The ministry confirmed that it continues to repel Iranian attacks on its territory, stressing that it is at its highest level of readiness to deal with any attack targeting the country’s territory, within the limits of defending the country’s sovereignty, security, stability and national capabilities.
