Foreign Media: Iran War Spills Over to the Gulf, 9 Million Indian Workers in Crisis
As the US and Israel launch a war against Iran, Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Manama, and other Gulf cities have been successively attacked by drones, shattering the long-standing illusion that "Gulf countries are outside the war zone," with about 9 million Indian expatriates working and living in the Gulf region being the first to be affected.
Yashwant Deshmukh, a political analyst in Dubai, said that whenever he receives a missile warning on his phone, he stays away from the window until the interception is confirmed, "This has become a routine exercise." Professor Uday Chandr, of Ayurveda University, previously lived in Qatar, and he pointed out that this conflict is completely different from the Gulf Wars of 1991 or 2003, marking the complete collapse of the long-held assumption that "Gulf Cooperation Council countries would remain immune from Persian Gulf crises."
For these 9 million Indian workers, most of them work in construction, service, and retail industries, and are an important source of India's foreign exchange earnings. The spread of war to the heart of the Gulf not only threatens their personal safety but also puts the Indian government in a difficult position regarding whether to initiate an evacuation. The current situation remains highly unstable, with the scope of drone attacks continuing to expand, leaving the Indian expatriate community in a state of panic.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859643008942164/
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