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UAE finances anti-Turkey PKK terrorists in northern Iraq: Report
Jun 15, 2020 08:11A report says the United Arab Emirates has allegedly provided financial support to the anti-Turkey PKK militant group in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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UAE spends billions on arms imports despite plummeting revenues
Jun 14, 2020 02:37The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has spent billions of dollars on buying weapons over the past years, draining the country's financial liquidity at a time when revenues have plummeted amid crude price rout and the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran rejects reports about suspension of trade ties with UAE
Jun 11, 2020 08:23An Iranian businessman with a key role in trade between the country and the United Arab Emirates has dismissed reports about a suspension of commercial ties with Abu Dhabi, saying Iranian merchants can take delivery of goods stored in UAE ports provided they submit health certificate documents to authorities in the West Asian country.
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HRW warns against COVID-19 outbreaks in UAE jails
Jun 11, 2020 03:11Human Rights Watch has warned against reported outbreaks of the novel coronavirus in a number of detention facilities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), calling on prison authorities to take urgent measures to protect the mental and physical health of prisoners.
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Qatar welcomes ‘real’ initiative meant to end Saudi-led blockade: Envoy
Jun 11, 2020 00:41Qatar’s Ambassador to Turkey Salem bin Mubarak Al Shafi says Doha welcomes any genuine initiative that would end the economic and diplomatic blockade Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on the gas-rich kingdom in June 2017.
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Egypt's ceasefire proposal for Libya aims to save Haftar: Turkey
Jun 10, 2020 12:07Turkey has slammed Egypt's proposal for a ceasefire in Libya as not sincere, saying the initiative aims to save renegade general Khalifa Haftar, whose fighters are losing ground in the war-torn country.
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Palestine says not informed of second UAE ‘aid flight via Israel’
Jun 10, 2020 05:28The Palestinian Authority (PA) says it has not been officially informed about the United Arab Emirates’ alleged dispatch of medical aid supplies to Palestinians via Israel after an Emirati plane said to be loaded with medical supplies landed in the Occupied Territories.
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Amid warming to Israel, UAE urges halt to annexation plans
Jun 01, 2020 09:44A minister of the United Arab Emirates has urged Israel to stop its plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, warning of a serious setback for the so-called West Asia peace process.
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Emirates lays off pilots, cabin crew due to coronavirus pandemic impact
Jun 01, 2020 01:21The Emirates Airline says it will cut some jobs in the face of the downturn over the coronavirus crisis, but did not specify the extent of the layoffs.
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UAE’s Etihad Airways makes first known flight to Occupied Palestine amid normalization attempts
May 20, 2020 04:39The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s state-owned Etihad Airways has made a first known flight to the Israeli-Occupied Territories with the alleged goal of delivering aid to Palestinians as Arab regimes and Tel Aviv scale up their attempts to normalize relations.