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Arab authors boycott UAE book awards over Israel normalization
Nov 22, 2020 05:47Dozens of Arab authors and intellectuals have called for a boycott of book awards funded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in protest at a normalization deal between Abu Dhabi and the occupying Israeli regime.
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Hamas slams UAE for ‘real support’ of Israel’s settlement expansion in West Bank
Nov 16, 2020 04:56The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has lambasted the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over its “real support” for Israel’s settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.
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US formally notifies Congress of sale of F-35 jets to UAE
Nov 15, 2020 14:12The US administration has formally notified Congress of its intention to sell dozens of F-35 advanced fighter jets, Reaper drones, as well as other military hardware and munitions to the United Arab Emirates.
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Guantanamo prisoners sent to UAE risk forced expulsion, secret detention
Nov 15, 2020 07:15On October 15, 2020, a group of UN Special Rapporteurs expressed concerns over the situation of the remaining 19 transferred Guantanamo prisoners who remain in the UAE, all of whom have been subject to indefinite and arbitrary detention at secret locations since their arrival there and now face the prospect of forced expulsion to their home countries.
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US urged to shelve $2.9bn drone sale to UAE over civilian deaths in Yemen, Libya
Nov 10, 2020 09:11Amnesty International has called on the United States to drop plans to sell sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying that there is evidence of civilian deaths as a result Abu Dhabi’s involvement in war-torn Yemen and Libya.
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First flight with Israeli tourists lands in Dubai as UAE changes laws
Nov 09, 2020 09:19The first flight carrying Israeli tourists to the United Arab Emirates has landed in Dubai, after Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi signed a controversial normalization deal earlier this year.
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US election carries a message for you: Iran to regional countries
Nov 09, 2020 08:59Iran says the United States’ presidential election that toppled Donald Trump bears a message for the regional countries, which would take the risk of clinching enormous arms deals with his administration in the hope of buying security.
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Trump’s closest allies in Arab world congratulate Biden on victory
Nov 08, 2020 05:23Leaders of several Arab countries, which used to be closest allies of US President Donald Trump, are extending congratulations to his Democratic rival Joe Biden over his victory, even though the incumbent has yet to concede defeat.
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Trump’s administration advancing plans to sell armed MQ-9B drones to UAE: Report
Nov 06, 2020 08:24The US State Department has reportedly notified Congress of plans to sell more than a dozen state-of-the-art armed MQ-9B unmanned aerial vehicles to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), less than two months after the Persian Gulf country signed a US-brokered deal to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel.
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Breaking with Muslims, UAE supports Macron’s Islamophobic remarks
Nov 04, 2020 05:42The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent Islamophobic remarks are “totally right.”