What was meant to be a relaxing corporate retreat in Dubai quickly turned into a stressful ordeal for a group of European travelers as conflict in the region escalated.
Filip Sobiecki, who works at an AI startup in Poland, had arrived in Dubai with 18 colleagues and family members for a week-long getaway. The plan was simple: enjoy a few sun-filled days away from the bleak winter back home in Germany and Poland. But their holiday took a dramatic turn after Iran and joint US-Israel forces exchanged strikes following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
