Emirati troops disembark an Emirati Boeing CH-47 Chinook during a military exercise at an Emirati military base home to a Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility in al-Hamra, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 23, 2020. The U.S. military held the major exercise Monday with Emirati troops in the UAE's far western desert at a facility designed to look like a Mideast city amid ongoing tensions with Iran. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
March 23, 2020
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March 23, 2020 9:45 a.m.
US, UAE troops hold major exercise amid virus, Iran tensions
AL-HAMRA MILITARY BASE, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Marines and Emirati forces held a major military exercise Monday that saw forces seize a sprawling model Mideast city, a drill conducted amid tensions with Iran and despite the new coronavirus pandemic.