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UPDATE - US condemns cowardly attack on Abu Dhabi and UAE vows punishment

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group attacked the United Arab Emirates in what the group said was an operation using missiles and drones, setting off explosions in fuel trucks that killed three people and causing a fire near the airport of Abu Dhabi, capital of the region's commercial and tourism hub. The strike on a leading Gulf Arab ally of the United States takes the war between […]

Blinken worried about Houthis attacks in call with Saudis

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call on Thursday from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express concern over a Houthi attack on Abha airport. Eight people were wounded when Iran-backed Houthi militants targeted the airport in Asir province, with two exploding drones on Monday. Saudi air defenses managed […]

US sides with Riyadh over latest Houthi air attack

The US on Sunday condemned an attempted air attack on Riyadh at the weekend and said anyone who tried to undermine the Kingdom’s stability would be held to account. The strike on the Saudi capital on Saturday, which was thwarted by air defenses, “appears to have been an attempt to target civilians,” the State Department […]

Qatar combats sexual harassement, even at its airport

Qatar’s public prosecutor has filed criminal charges against an unspecified number of police officers working at Qatar’s Hamad airport after women said they were invasively searched there last month. Some of the women were Australian and the issue has sparked outrage in Australia. Qatari officials said the searches were conducted in order to locate the […]

Coronavirus only barrier to UAE normalization with Israel

The first official delegation to Israel from the United Arab Emirates may remain at the airport and fly home the same day, rather than conduct a wider visit, due to coronavirus precautions, an Israeli minister said. Israel is under a second coronavirus lockdown, which it plans to begin easing next week, after a surge in […]

Houthis launch fresh drone attacks on Saudi

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched drone attacks on the airport of Abha in southwest Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border, the Houthis’ al-Masirah TV said on Twitter on Tuesday. There was no mention of the attack in Saudi Arabia’s official media and Saudi officials could not immediately be reached for comment. The Houthis, who control […]

Houthis repeat drone attacks on Saudi

Yemen’s Houthi movement launched fresh drone attacks targeting Jizan and Abha airports in southern Saudi Arabia, the group’s Al-Masirah TV said on Saturday, adding the installations were out of service. The Saudi-led coalition said in a statement that it had intercepted and downed a Houthi drone targeting the southwestern city of Abha. The Iran-aligned group […]

Houthis launch new missiles attacks on Saudi

Yemen’s Houthi group carried out new drone strikes on a Saudi airport on Friday after a series of air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition against the capital Sanaa, residents and both sides of Yemen’s war said. The Iran-aligned group said it has launched several drone strikes against Abha regional airport in southern Saudi Arabia, the […]

Yemeni drone attacks on Saudi arport

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched multiple drone attacks targeting Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, a tweet on Sunday by the group’s TV Al-Masirah said. The attacks targeted Saudi drone bunkers and stations in the airport, it added. There was no Saudi confirmation of the attacks. Source: Reuters

Syria: Israel launched missile attack on Damascus airport

Israel attacked Damascus International Airport with missiles Saturday night, Syrian state media said, adding that air defenses shot down some of them. A war monitoring group said the attack targeted an arms depot for Iranian forces or Lebanon's Hezbollah group. Explosions during the attack were heard across Damascus. The state news agency SANA posted pictures […]

Series of explosions reported at Syrian military airport

A series of explosions was reported late Saturday in al-Mazzeh, the location of a large military airport near Damascus. The private, pro-regime news outlet al-Mayadeen originally reported that Israeli airstrikes hit the airbase near Damascus with multiple missiles. However, Syrian state media later cited an unnamed military source denying the base was hit by Israel. […]

Saudi state carrier says flights affected by system failure

Saudi Arabia's state airline Saudia says its flights have been affected by a system failure as the kingdom prepares to host the annual haj. The airline acknowledged the disruption in a statement issued on Tuesday without saying how many flights were affected. Saudia said it was using alternative methods to handle its flights and to […]

Midfield Terminal Airport set to open in 2019

Media was given access of the Midfield Terminal Building project at Abu Dhabi International Airport for the first time on Monday, currently scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2019. Construction of the new terminal, which is estimated at more than Dh10 billion, is aimed at expanding Abu Dhabi’s aviation sector to meet with […]

New cancer care centre coming up in Abu Dhabi

A brand new unit will soon provide comprehensive oncological care when the Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, one of the capital’s largest tertiary hospitals, launches its cancer centre by the end of 2019. Cancer care is a key health care priority in the UAE as the population begins to age, especially as cancers are now the […]

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