India, March 3 -- The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, visited Dubai Mall on Monday evening. He was accompanied by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai.

The two leaders moved among surprised shoppers, greeted people, and even posed for photographs in a message of strength amid escalating regional tensions. They were later filmed dining at the mall with their entourage.

Their visit to Dubai Mall came at a time when the UAE's air defences are intercepting drones and missile attacks launched by Iran. The conflict started by US and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend, which sparked retaliatory Iranian attacks across the region, showed no sign of abating a...