{"id":996014,"date":"2026-03-03T07:54:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=996014"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:26:16","slug":"iran-israel-war-apple-temporarily-closes-uae-offices-retail-stores-as-tensions-escalate-in-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/03\/iran-israel-war-apple-temporarily-closes-uae-offices-retail-stores-as-tensions-escalate-in-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-Israel war: Apple temporarily closes UAE offices, retail stores as tensions escalate in Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has temporarily suspended operations at its corporate offices and all five retail stores in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a precautionary measure, especially after a sharp escalation in regional conflicts over the weekend. The operation closures align with updated guidance from the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, which urged private-sector companies to minimise employee presence in open areas, except for essential roles. The UAE administration also urged firms to shift to remote working wherever possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has temporarily suspended operations at its corporate offices and all five retail stores in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a precautionary measure, especially after a sharp escalation in regional conflicts over the weekend. The operation closures align with updated guidance from the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, which urged private-sector companies to minimise employee presence in open areas, except for essential roles. The UAE administration also urged firms to shift to remote working wherever possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}