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UAE ends Somali military training mission as tensions soar
Apr 16, 2018 03:38The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to end its military training program in Somalia as the ties between the two countries deteriorated following a second security incident in recent days.
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Airport standoff escalates tensions between UAE, Somalia
Apr 15, 2018 08:15Recent tensions have escalated between the United Arab Emirates and Somalia over Emirati relations with a breakaway Somali region, with a flight carrying Emirati military trainers held for hours at an airport in Somalia.
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Arab states diplomatic crisis spreads to Somalia after tensions with UAE
Apr 14, 2018 00:54Tensions have been escalating between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Mogadishu abandoned a military deal with Abu Dhabi and seized millions of dollars from an Emirati plane.
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UAE files formal ICAO complaint about alleged airliner ‘interception’ by Qatari warplanes
Apr 03, 2018 00:09The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lodged a formal complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), alleging that Qatari warplanes had repeatedly intercepted Emirati civilian aircraft in regular and scheduled flight paths.
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Rights groups threaten legal action against France over arms exports to Saudi, UAE
Mar 23, 2018 01:39Two human rights groups have given the government of French President Emmanuel Macron two months to end its arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are involved in a devastating three-year-old conflict in Yemen, or face legal proceedings.
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Saudi, Emirati officials bribe NGOs to whitewash rights abuses
Feb 27, 2018 09:50An independent European organization, monitoring developments in the Middle East, says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been bribing a number of international NGOs to cover up their gross human rights records at home and abroad.
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UAE attempting to fragment Yemen by forging regional armies: Official
Feb 26, 2018 16:37An official in the government of Yemen's former president says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is trying to fragment the impoverished country by creating separate “regional and tribal armies” in southern parts of the war-hit country.
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Djibouti seizes Dubai-operated port, angering Emirati firm
Feb 23, 2018 10:15The Horn of Africa country of Djibouti has seized control of a container terminal that had been leased out to Dubai Ports World (DP World) for 30 years.
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US oil flows to Middle East; buyer is Saudi ally UAE
Feb 07, 2018 12:18The United Arab Emirates has become the first country in the Middle East to import crude oil from the United States, Bloomberg reports.
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Doha ‘diffused’ attempt by Riyadh, Abu Dhabi to invade Qatar: Defense minister
Feb 03, 2018 12:56Qatar’s defense minister says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had planned a military invasion of his country at the beginning of a diplomatic crisis that erupted last year when several states cut off diplomatic relations with Doha.