It wasn't sand, it was missiles: Malaysian housewife recounts airstrike in UAE


ABU DHABI: "I thought it was sand being poured from lorries at a construction site near our house... turned out they were missiles," shared a Malaysian citizen living in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

"A chill ran down my spine when I realised what was really happening," said Nur Hamiza Ahmad, a housewife and mother of three who came to reside in the kingdom two years ago with her husband.

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