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Emiratos Árabes ejecutó ataques militares secretos contra Irán desde el inicio de la guerra en Medio Oriente
Emiratos Árabes Unidos ejecutó ataques militares contra Irán y se convirtió en un actor activo de la guerra en Medio Oriente, según afirmaron fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto citadas por el diario The Wall Street Journal.
De acuerdo con esas fuentes, los ataques incluyeron un bombardeo contra una refinería situada en la isla iraní de Lavan, en el Golfo Pérsico. La ofensiva ocurrió a principios de abril, en paralelo al anuncio del alto el fuego impulsado por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump tras cinco semanas de campaña aérea. El ataque provocó un incendio que dejó fuera de servicio gran parte de la planta durante meses.
Los Emiratos Árabes Unidos no reconocieron públicamente la operación. El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores emiratí evitó realizar comentarios sobre los ataques, aunque remitió a declaraciones previas en las que defendió el derecho del país a responder “incluso militarmente” frente a actos hostiles.
El régimen de Irán sostuvo en aquel momento que la refinería había sido atacada “por el enemigo” y respondió con una oleada de misiles y drones contra Emiratos Árabes Unidos y Kuwait.
Según una de las fuentes citadas por The Wall Street Journal, Estados Unidos no expresó malestar por el ataque porque el alto el fuego todavía no se encontraba consolidado. La misma fuente indicó además que Washington recibió con satisfacción la participación de Emiratos Árabes Unidos y de otros estados del Golfo que deseen sumarse a la confrontación.
El Pentágono declinó realizar comentarios sobre el asunto. La Casa Blanca tampoco respondió preguntas específicas sobre la participación militar emiratí, aunque sostuvo que Trump “tiene todas las opciones a su disposición” y que Estados Unidos mantiene “la máxima presión sobre el régimen iraní”.
Antes de la guerra, los países del Golfo habían declarado que no permitirían que su espacio aéreo ni sus bases se utilizaran para ataques. Sin embargo, una vez iniciado el conflicto, Irán respondió con ataques con misiles y drones contra centros de población, infraestructura energética y aeropuertos del Golfo.
Según la información publicada por The Wall Street Journal, Irán concentró gran parte de esos ataques sobre Emiratos Árabes Unidos, al lanzar más de 2.800 misiles y drones contra el país, más que contra cualquier otro estado, incluido Israel.
Los ataques afectaron el tráfico aéreo, el turismo y el mercado inmobiliario de Emiratos Árabes Unidos y provocaron suspensiones temporales de empleo y despidos. Funcionarios del Golfo afirmaron además que el país ahora considera a Irán un actor hostil que busca socavar su modelo económico y social.
Desde entonces, Emiratos Árabes Unidos adoptó la postura más beligerante entre las monarquías del Golfo y mantuvo una estrecha cooperación militar con Estados Unidos durante la guerra, según fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto.
Desde mediados de marzo circularon especulaciones sobre la posible participación emiratí en la guerra después de que se filmara sobre Irán un avión de combate que no parecía pertenecer ni a Israel ni a Estados Unidos.
Investigadores que analizan imágenes e información disponible públicamente señalaron fotografías que supuestamente muestran cazas franceses Mirage y drones chinos Wing Loong, ambos utilizados por Emiratos Árabes Unidos, en operaciones sobre Irán. Militarmente, Emiratos Árabes Unidos cuenta con aviones Mirage y cazas F-16, además de aeronaves de reabastecimiento en vuelo, sistemas de mando y control y drones de vigilancia.
La estrategia iraní de involucrar a los países del Golfo en la guerra profundizó las divisiones políticas entre las monarquías árabes y las obligó a buscar nuevos acuerdos de seguridad.
Mientras los estados del Golfo enfrentan crecientes riesgos de seguridad y dudas sobre la fiabilidad de Estados Unidos como aliado, Emiratos Árabes Unidos reforzó su relación con Washington, según declaró Anwar Gargash, asesor diplomático del presidente emiratí, ante periodistas en abril.
Además de los ataques, Emiratos respaldó borradores de resolución en Naciones Unidas que autorizaban el uso de la fuerza para romper el control iraní sobre el estrecho de Ormuz. Las autoridades emiratíes también clausuraron escuelas y clubes en Dubái vinculados a Teherán y restringieron visados y derechos de tránsito a ciudadanos iraníes.
Irán respondió acusando repetidamente a Emiratos Árabes Unidos de sumarse a la campaña militar estadounidense e israelí.
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From Nebraska to West Virginia to New Jersey: Primary clashes set stage for fierce midterm fight
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Tuesday is primary day in red-leaning Nebraska, where party showdowns for the House and Senate will tee up general election matchups in the battle for Congress.
Meanwhile, in GOP-dominated West Virginia, establishment Sen. Shelley Moore Capito faces five Republican primary challenges, but enjoys the backing of President Donald Trump.
And in New Jersey, Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, who grabbed national attention last year as he was arrested during an anti-ICE protest outside a federal immigration detention center, is facing seven challengers as he seeks a fourth term steering the Garden State’s largest city.
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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka is seeing re-election on Tuesday for a fourth term steering the Garden State’s largest city (Fox News)
Tuesday’s contests come with less than six months to go until the 2026 midterm elections, when Republicans aim to hold their razor-thin House and slim Senate majorities, and Democrats hope to ride a blue wave to escape the political wilderness.
Here’s a closer look at Tuesday’s ballot box showdowns.
Nebraska
Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts, who was appointed in 2023 to replace Ben Sasse, and who won a 2024 special election to fill out the final two years of Sasse’s term, is running for a full six-year term. Ricketts faces four primary challengers on Tuesday, but is expected to capture his party’s nomination.
Ricketts is already eyeing the general election, when he’ll face off against independent candidate Dan Osborn, the industrial mechanic and military veteran who gave Republican Sen. Deb Fischer a scare in her 2024 re-election.
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Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska is facing four Republican primary challengers as he seeks a full six-year term as senator. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency)
Even though the Nebraska Democratic Party supports Osborn in the general election, community college instructor Cindy Burbank and pastor Bill Forbes are running for the Democrats’ nomination in the primary.
Both candidates were last-minute filers, and some Nebraska Democratic leaders alleged that Forbes jumped into the race so that a Democrat would be on the fall ballot and siphon votes away from Osborn to help Ricketts.
Forbes has denied the claims.
Burbank says she jumped into the race to keep Forbes off the ballot in November.
In the gubernatorial primary, GOP Gov. Jim Pillen faces five nomination challengers. Former state Sen. Lynne Walz and perennial candidate Larry Marvin face off for the Democratic nomination.
The primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, an Omaha-based competitive seat, is grabbing national attention, in the race to succeed retiring Republican Rep. Don Bacon. The seat is a top target for Democrats as they try to retake the House.
Omaha City Councilmember Brinker Harding is unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Two major Democrats, state Sen. John Cavanaugh and Denise Powell, are vying for their party’s congressional nomination.
Nebraska is the only state in the nation, along with Maine, to split their electoral votes in presidential elections. And the electoral vote up for grabs in Nebraska’s 2nd District, known as the ‘blue dot,’ was carried by then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
Powell argues that if Cavanaugh wins the primary and then the general election, and steps down from his state Senate seat, GOP Gov. Pillen would replace him with a Republican, which could potentially lead to the GOP-dominated legislature scrapping the ‘blue dot’ and making Nebraska’s electoral votes winner-take-all.
West Virginia
Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey is not on the ballot in Tuesday’s primary, but the first-term governor’s clout in state politics is on the line, as the governor is targeting several GOP state lawmakers running for re-election.
Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey is not on the ballot but his political clout will be tested in Republican state legislative primaries on Tuesday. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, in the U.S. Senate race, five Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination.
In Charleston, West Virginia’s capital city, Democratic Mayor Amy Goodwin faces a primary challenge as she seeks a third term. Republican Brian Hunt is unopposed for the Republican nomination.
New Jersey
While Baraka is a Democrat, mayoral elections in Newark are technically nonpartisan.
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If no candidate tops 50% of the vote, a runoff between Tuesday’s top two finishers will be held in early June.
The charges against Baraka were dropped, and he later ran for governor, coming in second to then-Rep. Mikie Sherrill in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Sherrill ended up winning election as New Jersey governor.
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Democrats in the Michigan House have proposed a package of bills that aim to legalize medically assisted suicide for certain terminally ill adults.
The package, which would create a Death with Dignity Act, would allow certain terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to request and receive medication to end their own life.
As part of the package, patients would need to make multiple requests, both in written and oral form, and must wait at least 15 days between requests. They must also receive an evaluation from two doctors, potentially receive a mental health evaluation, be informed of alternatives such as hospice and pain care and be told they may change their minds at any time.
«A person who without authorization of the patient willfully alters or forges a request for medication under this act or conceals or destroys a rescission of that request with the intent or effect of causing the patient’s death is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine of not more than $375,000.00, or both,» the legislation reads.
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Democrats in the Michigan House have proposed a package of bills that aim to legalize medically assisted suicide for certain terminally ill adults. (Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)
The proposal also does not allow a doctor or anyone else to directly cause death through lethal injection, mercy killing or active euthanasia.
The package would protect doctors and others from criminal or civil liability if they follow the law, allow providers to opt out and protect patients from insurance discrimination.
Doctors, pharmacists and other licensed professionals cannot be investigated or disciplined simply for assisting in so-called death with dignity, as long as they follow the law, according to the measure.
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Protesters gather during a demonstration organised by Dignity in Dying Scotland, as Scottish Parliament holds the final vote on the Assisted Dying Bill on March 17, 2026 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
The state health department would review cases and publish annual reports. The department would have access to prescription records related to life-ending medication to monitor compliance.
Additionally, health insurers would not be allowed to deny or limit coverage because a person plans to end their lives under the Death with Dignity Act.
Existing insurance rules would be amended so that a patient choosing medical aid when dying would not be treated as having died by suicide for insurance purposes. Life insurance rules about suicide would not apply if a person dies under the Death with Dignity Act.
Michigan would join about a dozen other states and Washington, D.C., in adopting laws allowing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill adults, including Delaware, New York and Illinois, which each approved legislation in 2025 that will take effect this year.
Michigan would join about a dozen other states and Washington, D.C., in adopting laws allowing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill adults. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Several other countries, including Canada, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Australia and Colombia, have also legalized so-called death with dignity.
Supporters of the legislation, including medical-aid-in-dying advocacy groups, argue that it would give mentally capable, terminally ill adults an additional end-of-life option, while preserving safeguards such as multiple requests, physician review, waiting periods and the ability to rescind a request at any time.
Republicans and faith leaders, particularly within Catholic and Evangelical communities, have long raised concerns about assisted suicide, citing the sanctity of life, as well as moral and ethical concerns.
«So-called assisted death endangers the weak and marginalized in a society, and it corrupts medicine and erodes our obligations to family,» U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., previously said. «And we will promote and respect every life, no matter how old or sick or weak those persons may be.»
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