The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that six drones had been launched against it from Iraq in the past 48 hours, including one that caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the Persian Gulf state on ?Sunday.

The UAE¡¯s defense ministry said in a statement that it had intercepted all but one ?of ?the drones. It said three in total had been targeting the Barakah Nuclear ?Power Plant, which is the Arab world¡¯s first commercial nuclear power station.

The drone that penetrated the UAE¡¯s defenses hit an electric generator outside the inner perimeter of the plant, the ministry said.