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United Arab Emirates
IS THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AT WAR? At war
Yes. The United Arab Emirates is fighting in one of the wars WWIII.report tracks: Yemen War & Houthi Attacks (coalition). It is a party to 2 of the 9 conflicts WWIII.report tracks.
- Role
- Coalition
- Side
- Saudi-led coalition
- Facing
- Yemen, Ansar Allah
Latest Ansar Allah missile strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed three Saudi citizens and struck a commercial aircraft. World news | The Guardian · 8 Oct 2026Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport as airlines suspend flights to Saudi capitalAnadolu Ajansı Güncel Haberler · 9 Oct 2026Saudi Arabia says 3 killed in attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid airportThe National · 9 Oct 2026Saudi airline pilot among three killed in attacks on Riyadh airport
- Role
- Exposed, basing
- Side
- Israel, the US and Gulf partners
- Facing
- Iran
Latest The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy struck the Vietnamese-owned LPG carrier NV Sunshine in the southern Strait of Hormuz. Tehran Times · 9 Oct 2026IRGC reports fire aboard LPG carrier in Strait of Hormuz, warns against unauthorized transit
COMMON QUESTIONS
Is the United Arab Emirates at war?
Yes. The United Arab Emirates is fighting in one of the wars WWIII.report tracks: Yemen War & Houthi Attacks (coalition). It is a party to 2 of the 9 conflicts WWIII.report tracks.
Which conflicts is the United Arab Emirates involved in?
The United Arab Emirates is a party to Yemen War & Houthi Attacks (coalition, on the side of Saudi-led coalition) and Iran War (exposed, basing, on the side of Israel, the US and Gulf partners).
Is the United Arab Emirates a nuclear power?
No. The United Arab Emirates has no nuclear weapons of its own.
How dangerous is Yemen War & Houthi Attacks right now?
Its war index is 84.7 out of 100 today, mass war, in the war phase. The index is a stage, not a probability, and is reassessed every day.
- Conflicts
- 2 of 9
- Highest index
- 84.7 Yemen War & Houthi Attacks
- Nuclear-armed
- No
- NATO member
- No
- UN Security Council
- Not permanent
- Iran 2
- Israel 2
- Saudi Arabia 2
- United Kingdom 2
- United States 2
- Yemen 2
- Bahrain 1
- Iraq 1
- Kuwait 1
- Qatar 1