Apple Stores Temporarily Closed in the United Arab Emirates

Apple has temporarily closed all 5 of its retail stores successful the United Arab Emirates, including 3 locations successful Abu Dhabi and 2 successful Dubai.


All 5 of the stores volition stay closed done astatine slightest Tuesday, March 3, according to Apple's website. This aligns with the Emirati authorities recommending that companies successful the backstage assemblage instrumentality measures to debar the beingness of workers successful unfastened areas, if and wherever possible, from Sunday, March 1 until Tuesday, March 3.

One of Apple's shuttered stores is astatine the Dubai Mall, adjacent the celebrated Burj Khalifa skyscraper. A motion says the store volition stay closed "until further notice."

Internally, Apple says the stores are closed owed to a "safety situation," according to a root acquainted with the matter. The closures travel amid escalating struggle successful the Middle East, pursuing caller U.S. and Israeli strikes connected Iran.

Apple did not respond to our petition for comment.
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