Australia says defence personnel safe after drone attack near Dubai air base

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SYDNEY, March 3 (Reuters) - Australia said on Tuesday that ​all of its defence ‌personnel stationed at the Al Minhad Air Base ​near Dubai were ​safe following a drone attack ⁠at the site ​over the weekend.

“All the ​Australians who are there are safe and accounted for. There ​were no injuries ​to Australians,” Defence Minister Richard ‌Marles ⁠told reporters in Canberra.

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“We’ve got more than 100 personnel, actually, across ​the Middle ​East. ⁠Most of them are in ​the UAE where we’ve ​had ⁠an operational headquarters at Al Minhad for ⁠many, ​many years ​now.”

Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; ​Editing by Jacqueline Wong

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