Country: United Arab Emirates

Bashar Al-Assad in UAE for first time since Arab Spring

Syrian President Bashar Assad was in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, his office said, marking his first visit to an Arab country since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011. In a statement posted on its social media pages, the office says that Assad met with Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and […]

UAE insists its support all peace initiatives for Ukraine war

The United Arab Emirates is ready to support all efforts aimed at reaching a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in a phone call, Emirati state news agency (WAM) reported on Friday. Sheikh Abdullah said there is a need to boost efforts to reach a ceasefire and intensify negotiations […]

UAE ship sinks in Gulf off coast of Iran

An Emirati-flagged cargo ship sank Thursday off Iran in the Persian Gulf in poor weather, authorities said, with rescuers attempting to account for all of its 30 crew members. Capt. Nizar Qaddoura, the operations manager of the Salem Al Makrani Cargo company, told The Associated Press that the Al Salmy 6 encountered rough and stormy […]

UAE in global energy security and regional security moves with Russia

The United Arab Emirates is keen to cooperate with Russia on improving global energy security, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan said in Moscow on Thursday. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has drawn a raft of Western sanctions and disrupted global energy markets, putting a spotlight on Gulf energy exporters, such as the UAE […]

Jumblat wants constructive dialogue with Gulf states

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has stressed on Lebanon's deeply-rooted Arab affiliation. He told the PSP's al-Anbaa news portal, in remarks published Monday, that fixing the relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council is a "high priority." He said that every effort must be put to "return Lebanon to the Arab fold," and urged the […]

Hezbollah bemoans Kuwaiti proposals for Lebanon

The head of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said on Tuesday he was against a list of proposals as part of Kuwait’s mediation aimed at repairing ties between Lebanon and Gulf Arab states. But Hassan Nasrallah said he was in support of dialogue efforts. He described the Kuwaiti list of proposals and conditions brought forward for […]

US military bolstering defences in UAE after Houthi attack

U.S. Marine General Frank McKenzie arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for talks on efforts to bolster the Gulf state’s defenses after a series of missile attacks launched by Houthi fighters in Yemen. In recent weeks, the Iran-aligned Houthis have waged an unprecedented string of largely failed missiles strikes on UAE targets that […]

Lebanon responds positively to Kuwait paper, waiting for UAE, Saudi response

President Michel Aoun affirmed that Lebanon is dealing with positivity with the Kuwaiti paper. Aoun told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Thursday, that Lebanon has agreed on some points and has suggested to discuss others with a joint Gulf committee. "Some points are delicate," Aoun said in an interview with the newspaper, adding that Kuwait […]

New group claims responsibility for failed drone attack on UAE

The United Arab Emirates said late on Wednesday it intercepted three drones that entered its airspace over unpopulated areas earlier in the day, in the latest attack on the Gulf commercial and tourism hub in the past few weeks. The first three assaults, including a missile attack on Monday during a visit by Israel's president, were launched […]

How a sex scandal thwarts the presumption of innocence

Pride goes before the fall, as the saying is. A sex scandal affecting one of the most popular tv shows in the Netherlands reveals that lust might give a hand too. The scandal endangers the position of international media tycoon John de Mol. A scandal that shows how trial by (social) media thwarts the presumption […]

US helped UAE respond to Houthi missile attack during Israeli visit

The U.S. military launched interceptor missiles during an attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels that targeted the United Arab Emirates during a visit by Israel's president, the second-such time American troops have opened fire, officials said. The acknowledgement by the White House and Pentagon late Monday represent a widening American involvement in Yemen's yearslong war, a […]

Houthi missiles greet Israeli visit to UAE

The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement as the UAE hosted Israel's President Isaac Herzog in his first official visit to the Gulf business and tourism hub. Washington condemned the assault, the third on U.S.-allied UAE within the last two weeks, including a […]

Al-Rahi wants Lebanon to take Arab proposals seriously

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday stressed that Lebanese officials “do not have the right to reject the hands that are extended to help them,” in an apparent reference to the paper of Arab and international demands that has been presented to Lebanon by Kuwait. Lebanese officials “should not conceal truths, distort facts, cover up […]

Israel backs UAE security strategy

Israel's president, making his first visit on Sunday to the United Arab Emirates, said his country supports the Gulf state's security needs and wants more countries in the region to join its new detente with the Arab world. The UAE, along with Bahrain, signed U.S.-brokered normalisation agreements with Israel, dubbed the "Abraham Accords", in 2020. […]

Hezbollah weapons a no-go area, Lebanon tells Gulf allies

Lebanon's foreign minister said he was not going "to hand over" Hezbollah's weapons during a meeting this weekend with Gulf Arab counterparts that want Beirut to rein in the Iran-backed Lebanese Shi'ite group in exchange for improved ties. In a nod to Gulf concerns, Lebanon will however say that the country will not be "a […]

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