India on January 18, condemned the drone attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that killed two Indian nationals as a terrorist incident and conveyed the country’s strong solidarity to the emirates in the face of such assaults, reports defenceaviationpost.com. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed the attack with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a telephone conversation. Jaishankar “condemned the terror attack in the strongest terms”, and emphasised that such “an attack on innocent civilians was completely unacceptable and against all civilised norms”. He appreciated the immediate assistance provided by UAE authorities to the Indian embassy in responding to the situation. Sheikh Abdullah shared details of the attack and conveyed his government’s deepest condolences at the death of the two Indians.