Country: United Arab Emirates

Fire Put Out at 86-Story Residential Skyscraper in Dubai

Firefighters have put out a blaze that broke out early Friday in one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below, the city authorities said. More than 40 floors of the 86-story Torch Tower were burning on one side of the building, an […]

Four Arab countries say ready for Qatar dialogue with conditions

The four Arab countries which have cut ties with Qatar said on Sunday they were ready for talks to tackle the dispute if Doha showed willingness to deal with their demands The foreign ministers of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met in the Bahraini capital Manama to discuss the crisis […]

Turkey's Erdogan ends tour with no sign of Qatar progress

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan left Qatar on Monday after two days in the Gulf trying to mediate in the worst row among Arab states for years but there was no sign he had made any progress. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic and travel ties with Qatar in June, accusing […]

Conversations in Politics: The Hidden Semantics of the Qatar Crisis

THE LEVANT EXCLUSIVE -- By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD -- If you want to understand how things are done in the Arab world, the inner working of Arab politics, you have to keep your ear close to the ground. You can access to little titbits of information, raw data, that you’d never find in mainstream journalism […]

Qatar is given a further 48 hours to meet Gulf demands

Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states have extended the deadline for Qatar to accept a list of demands or face further sanctions by 48 hours. The initial deadline for Qatar to agree to the group's 13 demands, including the shutting down of the Al Jazeera news network, expired on Sunday. The Gulf state, which […]

Putin has phone talks with Qatar, Bahrain on Gulf row

Russian President Vladimir Putin had telephone discussions with the leaders of Qatar and Bahrain, stressing the need for diplomacy to end the dispute between Qatar and several other Arab states, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed ties with Qatar last month, accusing it of supporting terrorism […]

Graham Fuller – Does Qatar Really Threaten the Gulf?

The tiny Gulf state of Qatar is today under harsh siege from nearly everybody in the Middle East, and portrayed as a “supporter of terrorism.” The US has bought into the mantra. What’s really going on here? Back in the 1990s the joke in the Arab world was, “Qatar is a small country in the […]

US and Qatar seal $12 billion deal for F-15 fighter jets

DUBAI: US Secretary of defense Jim Mattis and his Qatari counterpart Khalid al-Attiyah signed a letter of agreement for a $12-billion sale of US-manufactured F-15 fighters, the Pentagon said. The sale comes amid a simmering crisis in the Gulf after Qatar's neighbours accused it of supporting terrorism and cut diplomatic ties. US President Donald Trump […]

UAE says more Qatar curbs possible, warns against Iran involvement

By William Maclean | More moves against Qatar, including further curbs on business, remain on the table in a row with Arab neighbors, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Wednesday, warning against allowing its Gulf adversary Iran to exploit the unprecedented rift. In a Reuters interview, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar […]

Qataris banned from flying via UAE as Gulf curbs mount

By Saeed Azhar and Jamie Freed for REUTERS| Qataris will no longer be allowed to land at any airports in the United Arab Emirates or catch connecting flights there as part of increased efforts by Arab powers to isolate the Gulf state. UAE airlines Etihad and Emirates announced the details of the travel restrictions on Wednesday […]

UAE turns screw on Qatar, threatens sympathizers with jail

By Sylvia Westall and Tom Finn FOR REUTERS | The United Arab Emirates tightened the squeeze on fellow Gulf state Qatar on Wednesday threatening anyone publishing expressions of sympathy toward it with up to 15 years in prison, and barring entry to Qataris. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash also told Reuters there would […]

Saudi, Egypt lead Arab states cutting Qatar ties

By Noah Browning FOR REUTERS| Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism and opening up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world. Iran -- long at odds with Saudi Arabia and a behind-the-scenes […]

Chinese Uyghur colonies in Syria a challenge for Beijing

By Christina Lin* -- A reporter for Dubai-based Al Aan TV recently aired an undercover story on Idlib province – the Syrian “rebel” opposition stronghold that is supported by the US and other Western governments – and the site of the recent alleged chemical attack that prompted direct US missile strikes against the Syrian Arab Army. While the report […]

Dubai to go paperless in 4 years

DUBAI -- All Dubai Government departments will cease to use paper in four years as part of efforts to curb waste, the Crown Prince has said. The emirate will celebrate the last paper transaction by government in 2021 – a highly ambitious target for officials. The initiative was launched by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown […]

We have no other option but to “reignite development” in the region: Mohammed bin Rashid

The Levant News - Last week, H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, spent an hour answering questions from the Arab world at the World Government Summit. He said he believes that we have no other option but to “reignite development” in the region. Why? Well, he noted that only 20,000 books are printed […]

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