Oman has terminated a contract with UAE-owned Damac International amid speculation that the new Sultan is moving slowly away from a position of neutrality on regional geopolitical matters, a policy that had been maintained by [ More … ]
Corrupt and criminal actors from around the world, including Afghan warlords, Russian mobsters, Nigerian kleptocrats, European money launderers, Iranian sanctions-busters, and East African gold smugglers, operate through or from Dubai, says a new damning report [ More … ]
A Democratic House committee chairman said the investigation into arms sales might have been “another reason” for the firing of the inspector general, Steve A. Linick, reported the New York Times. The US State Department [ More … ]
Turkey has vowed to “defend” Libya’s UN-recognized government after eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar declared himself ruler of the North African country. At the same, time, senior UAE officials visited Sudan to rally support [ More … ]
UAE-aligned separatists in southern Yemen have warned of an “imminent war” against Saudi-supported mercenaries, fighting on behalf of the UN-recognised Yemeni government, based in Riyadh. The UAE and Saudi are joint-leaders of the US-backed coalition [ More … ]
The European Union is ready to impose stricter sanctions on high-level Syrian regime officials and scientists who were involved in using chemical weapons against civilians, the EU’s foreign policy chief said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency [ More … ]
The billionaire ruler of Dubai arranged the kidnapping of two of his adult daughters and forcibly returned them to the Gulf state after they attempted to flee abroad, a UK court has found. In a case described [ More … ]
The UAE hired a US lobbying firm to convince Senators to impose sanctions on Turkey, according to the Anadolu Agency . The news agency said it had obtained an email sent by Charles Johnson, a [ More … ]
An email seen by Anadolu reveals a US-based firm called on legislators to impose sanctions on Turkey over Syria operation. A lobbying firm working on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been trying [ More … ]
UAE firm breached UN arms embargo over decommissioned ship, Security Council said, according to the Irish Times. The former Irish Naval Service patrol ship, the LÉ Aisling, was sold to one of the participants in [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates has been hiring former White House executives and intelligence officials for spying missions, according to a report by Reuters on Tuesday. Following the 11 September attacks, the former American counterterrorism czar, [ More … ]
The UAE representative in Damascus, Abdul-Hakim Al-Naimi, reportedly hailed the “wise leadership” of Syrian regime leader Bashar Al-Assad and stressed that his country maintains “strong” relations with Syria. He hoped that “safety and security prevail [ More … ]
How has the UAE maintained its privileged status in Washington? In short, the UAE has a vast and immensely influential lobbying and public relations campaign in America that has allowed the monarchy to exert considerable [ More … ]
The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, mounted three airstrikes on the ‘military section’ of Mitiga airbase. The strikes hit their targets with high precision, the LNA said. Further, the Volcano [ More … ]
President of Yemen’s UN-recognised gov’t says forces pulled out of Aden to avoid city’s destruction after UAE air raids. The president of Yemen‘s internationally recognised government has urged Saudi Arabia to intervene to stop the United Arab Emirates‘ [ More … ]
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