Conflicting reports have emerged about the fate of the Libyan National Army’s Commander’s fate: while a source in Tripoli said that Marshal Khalifa Haftar had passed away, a member of the Army said he is [ More … ]
Somali security officials said they have seized a large cache of money that arrived Sunday at Mogadishu airport from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Two senior security officials told VOA Somali three suitcases containing $9.6 [ More … ]
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on Saturday broke his silence on the controversial Berbera Port deal issuing a warning to foreign companies investing in Somalia without consent from the Federal Government . In his speech [ More … ]
Iran labelled ‘common enemy’ of Israel and Arab Gulf states while Palestinian leadership comes in for criticism. The chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the United States has praised [ More … ]
An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to President Trump is cooperating with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and gave testimony last week to a grand [ More … ]
The UAE has sent F-18 warplanes to enhance its military presence at the Mohamed Naguib Military Base, north-west of Egypt, a military source said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the New Al-Khaleej that [ More … ]
South Yemeni separatists seized control of the southern city of Aden as fragile alliances begin to break up The leader of South Yemen’s separatist movement is visiting the UAE and Saudi Arabia as different actors [ More … ]
Commander of Aden’s presidential forces says Emirati jets and armour helped separatist militia rout his men The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been accused of actively supporting southern Yemeni separatists with air cover and heavy [ More … ]
Norway has also halted all arms sales to UAE following its involvement in the war in Yemen Germany is set to halt all arms exports to countries involved in the war in Yemen, a government [ More … ]
European Parliament’s (EP) vote today could stop the export of dangerous surveillance equipment to rights-abusing governments, according to a coalition of international NGOs. The vote, on European Union’s (EU) export control regime for dual-use items, [ More … ]
UAE says Abdullah left country ‘without any obstruction,’ provides no details on his destination The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday that an exiled member of Qatar’s ruling family who had appeared in a video [ More … ]
Qatar has sent a complaint to the UN over the alleged incident, after a similar earlier claim against the Emirates A second United Arab Emirates military jet has violated Qatar’s airspace, the Gulf state said [ More … ]
Middle East Observer has exclusively obtained a video clip that shows a UAE vessel while fishing in Somali territorial waters. Though the video clip that the Middle East Observer (MEO) is not professionally recorded, it shows a [ More … ]
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights report raises concerns over tightening censorship and the detention of activists The UN has rebuked the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over its human rights records, [ More … ]
UAE embassy now sits on corner of Fahreddin Pasa Street, as UAE and Turkey squabble over record of former Ottoman governor of Medina For years the embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Ankara was [ More … ]
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