New Delhi, March 3 -- Former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand has provided a candid insight into the unsettling events that unfolded in Dubai recently, as missile strikes and military aircraft activity brought regional tensions directly into his family's daily life.

Rio Ferdinand has been residing in the United Arab Emirates since relocating there with his wife Kate and their young children in August last year. The 47-year-old described the sudden escalation as profoundly disturbing. The disturbances followed Iranian missile launches carried out in response to US military operations in the wider region, placing parts of the UAE temporarily under heightened alert.

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