UAE

  • How America facilitates the UAE's occupation of southern Yemen

    How America facilitates the UAE's occupation of southern Yemen

    Mar 06, 2019 07:00

    Medieval torture methods, kidnappings, arbitrary arrests, empowerment of Salafist groups and figures, and foreign military occupation of their country are just a few of the things afflicting Yemenis as the United Arab Emirates expands its influence in southern Yemen, thanks to the help of the United States.

  • Mossad chief, Sudanese spy chief met in Munich to discuss Bashir's ouster: Report

    Mossad chief, Sudanese spy chief met in Munich to discuss Bashir's ouster: Report

    Mar 03, 2019 02:34

    The head of Mossad met his Sudanese counterpart in Germany last month as part of a secret plan by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE to oust President Omar al-Bashir, the London-based Middle East Eye has reported.

  • Emirati FM's 'false, hackneyed' claims aim to cover up UAE's destructive policies: Iran

    Emirati FM's 'false, hackneyed' claims aim to cover up UAE's destructive policies: Iran

    Mar 03, 2019 01:54

    Iran has dismissed recent "false, wrong and hackneyed" allegations made by the Emirati foreign minister during the opening meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Abu Dhabi, saying such claims are aimed at covering up the country’s destructive policies toward the Muslim world.

  • Manama using anti-terror laws to silence speech freedom, dissidents: Rights group

    Manama using anti-terror laws to silence speech freedom, dissidents: Rights group

    Mar 03, 2019 01:19

    An independent human rights group says Bahraini officials are exploiting anti-terror laws to suffocate freedom of speech and silence voices critical of the ruling Ale Khalifah regime as Manama presses ahead with its crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the kingdom.

  • The dark side of the UAE

    The dark side of the UAE

    Mar 01, 2019 05:31

    Eldar Mamedov has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and as a diplomat in Latvian embassies in Washington and Madrid. Since 2009, Mamedov has served as a political adviser in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP) and is in charge of the EP delegations for inter-parliamentary relations between with Iran, Iraq, Mashreq and Arabian Peninsula countries.

  • US foreign policy is for sale

    US foreign policy is for sale

    Feb 27, 2019 06:58

    Think tanks in Washington receive millions of dollars from authoritarian regimes around the world to shape American policies in their favor, according Ben Freeman, Director of the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative at the Center for International Policy (CIP), in his article for the TomDispatch site, titled: “US foreign policy is for sale”.

  • UAE abusing, denying treatment to terminally-ill female detainee, HRW says

    UAE abusing, denying treatment to terminally-ill female detainee, HRW says

    Feb 27, 2019 02:56

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are mistreating and denying adequate medical care to a jailed terminally-ill Emirati woman.

  • UK-UAE military ties strengthen as abuses in Yemen continue

    UK-UAE military ties strengthen as abuses in Yemen continue

    Feb 24, 2019 11:29

    The British complicity with the UAE regime cannot be concealed by any media or journalist as new dimensions of the issue are disclosed day by day revealing the scale of the British regime's partnership-in-crime with the criminal coalition led by the tribal regime in Riyadh.

  • UAE denies easing Qatar ban, signs $5.5 billion arms deal

    UAE denies easing Qatar ban, signs $5.5 billion arms deal

    Feb 22, 2019 09:06

    The UAE has rejected reports that an almost two-year Saudi-led embargo on Qatar has been eased, stressing the ban on the shipping of goods between Abu Dhabi and Doha is still in place. 

  • European lawmakers hear testimonies by victims of Arab regimes’ rights abuses

    European lawmakers hear testimonies by victims of Arab regimes’ rights abuses

    Feb 20, 2019 04:40

    The European Parliament has for the first time heard testimonies given by victims of human rights violations by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.