Bravo celebrity Caroline Stanbury is giving an update on the whereabouts and wellbeing of her family amid the U.S. and Israel’s ongoing missile strikes on Iran.
“Thanks a lot for all of the amazing messages I get — I’m currently in L.A, which will not be ideal because my sons are in Dubai,” Stanbury, 49, shared in a video uploaded to her Instagram Stories on Sunday, March 1. “But they’re secure and I feel very comfortable with where they’re they usually feel very comfortable. Obviously I would really like to get back as soon as I can but that’s impossible straight away.” (Stanbury shares daughter Yasmin and twin sons Zack and Aaron along with her husband, Sergio Carrallo.)
Sooner or later earlier, within the early morning hours of Saturday, February 28, President Donald Trump announced the US and Israel launched a join military offensive against Iran.
“I don’t make this statement calmly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill,” the president said on the time. “The lives of courageous American heroes could also be lost and we can have casualties. That always happens in war, but we’re doing this not for now, we’re doing this for the long run and it’s a noble mission.”
The missile strikes reportedly hit multiple targets, including a college for women, per various news outlets. In response to Iranian officials, no less than 153 people — including children between the ages of seven and 12 — were killed within the strike on the elementary school, based on the BBC. The U.S. military’s Central Command says it’s looking into the incident, while Israel’s military has said it’s “not aware” of any IDF operations in the realm.
The strikes also killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and multiple senior members of the Iranian government. On Sunday, the U.S. military also confirmed that three American service members were killed, the primary official American casualties of the war.
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“We expect casualties with something like this,” Trump told NBC News of the American casualties. “We’ve three, but we expect casualties — but ultimately it’s going to be a fantastic deal for the world.”
The strikes also shut down the airspace over Dubai, canceling all flights out and in of the realm. Iran retaliated by targeting various popular vacation destinations, including Dubai — locations which can be often considered secure.
TikTok star Dr. Katie Hunter and her husband, Timothy Hunter, were in a position to safely leave the United Arab Emirates after President Donald Trump announced joint U.S. and Israel military strikes in Iran. “We’re home secure 😌. Thanks a lot for all of the messages checking in,” Katie wrote via Instagram on Saturday, February 28. […]
“We’re all OK,” Stanbury, who starred on Bravo’s Ladies of London and The Real Housewives of Dubai, continued on Sunday. “Everybody is OK, and like I said the boys are handling it amazingly and we’ll all just wait and see. The UAE is clearly an incredible place and it seems from here to be incredibly under control they usually’re doing an incredible job, in order that’s all we will hope for. And I shall be on the subsequent plane I can back to Dubai.”
Stanbury’s former The Real Housewives of Dubai costar, Chanel Ayan, also shared an update with concerned fans amid the continued conflict.
“I’m alive but rattling last 24 hours have been scary!!!” she wrote via her Instagram Stories on Sunday. “Never in my wildest dreams did I believe I shall be seeing missiles being intercepted right by my house. Thankful to God and Dubai for keeping us safer and praying for everybody to be OK and secure.”