UAE

Syria’s president visits 1st Arab state in more than 1 decade

Mar 19, 2022 02:37

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits the United Arab Emirates in his first such visit to an Arab state since the beginning of foreign-backed violence in Syria.
Yemenis stage protests against Saudi siege

Mar 18, 2022 15:01

People have taken to the streets of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, and several other locations across Yemen to condemn the siege imposed by the Saudi-led coalition against their impoverished country, urging the Yemeni forces to intensify their retaliatory attacks against the aggressor regimes.
UAE cargo ship sinks off Iran’s coast in Persian Gulf, rescue underway

Mar 17, 2022 09:52

A United Arab Emirates cargo ship transporting cars has sunk 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Iran’s Assaluyeh Port in the Persian Gulf, with Iranian rescuers attempting to account for all of its 30 crew members.
Yemen warns of attacks on ‘very sensitive targets’ in UAE over attempts to starve civilians

Mar 15, 2022 10:31

A member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has warned of attacks targeting “very sensitive” positions inside the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for a “deliberate” campaign to starve the Yemeni people, specifically through an ongoing siege imposed on Yemen by a Saudi-led military coalition.
Yemen hits targets deep inside Saudi Arabia in retaliatory drone attacks

Mar 11, 2022 11:17

The Yemeni army and allied fighters from popular committees have conducted drone attacks on several targets deep inside Saudi Arabia in retaliation for the ongoing siege imposed on Yemen by a Saudi-led military coalition.
Saudi, UAE leaders reject calls with Biden as US seeks help on oil price surge

Mar 09, 2022 05:24

The leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reportedly declined calls with US President Joe Biden as Washington tries to ease surging oil prices amid Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
Report: UAE constructing settlement on Yemen’s Socotra Island to accommodate Israeli forces

Mar 09, 2022 05:09

The United Arab Emirates is reportedly constructing a settlement on the strategic Yemeni island of Socotra to accommodate dozens of Israeli soldiers, officers and military experts, more than a year after the aggressor kingdom normalized ties with Tel Aviv.
Yemen: Saudi spy drone shot down as defectors join Yemeni forces

Mar 08, 2022 12:48

Yemeni armed forces have shot down a US-built Boeing Insitu ScanEagle spy drone operated by the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying over the country’s northern province of Hajjah.
Yemeni minister: US behind siege of Yemen; no humanity seen from West

Mar 08, 2022 08:38

Yemen’s information minister says the United States is responsible for the crippling blockade on Yemen and slammed Western powers’ response to the suffering of Muslim nations for lacking humanity.
FATF adds United Arab Emirates to global money-laundering ‘grey list’

Mar 06, 2022 05:30

The United Arab Emirates has promised “robust actions” against money laundering and illicit financing after a global financial crime watchdog placed the small Persian Gulf nation on its “grey-list” of countries that need extra monitoring.