India, March 5 -- A Zepto techie who had been stranded in Dubai since February 28 - when a major military escalation happened in the Middle East - has now managed to reach the capital of Oman and hopes to fly back home soon.

Kritika Kumari had been on a trip to Dubai when the United States and Israel carried out coordinated airstrikes inside Iran. In response, Iran launched a large retaliation across the Middle East. It fired hundreds of ballistic missiles, drones and cruise missiles at Israel and East countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

UAE's Dubai, long considered a safe haven in an otherwise turbulent Middle East, also became a target of Iran's retaliatory attacks. The drone and missile attacks on Dubai led to the closure...