In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Spc. Scottlin Bartlett of the 5-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion signals to a colleague while working near a Patriot missile battery at Al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 5, 2021. The wars of the wider Middle East that long surrounded the United Arab Emirates now have encroached into daily life in this U.S.-allied nation, threatening to draw America further into a region inflamed by tensions with Iran. Al-Dhafra has been mentioned as a target by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who have launched a series of UAE attacks. (Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson/U.S. Air Force via AP)
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