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While the entire Middle East was in flames due to an all-out war between the United States and Iran, Liverpool legend Graham Souness (72) was isolated in Abu Dhabi.
Britain's "The Sun" said on the 1st (local time) that Souness was trapped at Abu Dhabi Airport after Iran's deadly airstrike. He is in a state of panic as he hears a terrible roar in which an anti-aircraft missile is intercepted overhead," the report said.
Souness shared the urgent situation on the scene in real time through her social media (SNS). "That's the plane I have to take to get back to the UK," he said, shining a waiting plane on the runway of Abu Dhabi airport. There's a pretty loud explosion right now, and that's the sound of an anti-aircraft missile intercepting a missile fired at a U.S. base," he said, explaining the urgent local atmosphere.
"All flights have been canceled, and we still hear explosions, so we're going to leave the airport and stay in a hotel for a few nights to watch the situation," he said, adding, "It's annoying if the flight is delayed, but we have to think about people who might lose their lives at this moment." Souness, who visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for vacation, is currently stranded with thousands of travelers.

Souness is not the only one caught up in the horror in football. Richard Keith, the leading host of "Bean Sports," a famous sports broadcaster in the Middle East, was also forced to cancel the live broadcast due to saturation.
He, who has lived in the Gulf since 2013, said on social media, "The situation was urgent. There is no way to express all my feelings for the stupid Trump. Today's broadcast cannot be aired," he said, drawing intense criticism against U.S. President Donald Trump.
The incident was triggered by U.S. President Trump's large-scale joint airstrikes against Iran under the code "Epic Fury" with Israel. The death of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei has caused unprecedented chaos, with the airspace of Iran and Iraq completely closed and thousands of flights to and from the Middle East and Europe all-stopped.

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