India, March 17 -- The United Arab Emirates reopened its airspace shortly after a brief shutdown triggered by what the military described as "missile and drone threats from Iran" on Tuesday.

The closure had been imposed earlier as a precautionary measure.

This followed a brief shutdown of the United Arab Emirates airspace after the military said it was "responding to missile and drone threats from Iran." The closure was lifted shortly afterwards, the state run WAM news agency reported, citing the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority.

Authorities said "the situation stabilised," allowing flights to resume.

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