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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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What is fueling clashes in Aden?
Feb 06, 2018 13:21Yemen which is in the grip of an almost 3-year long unwanted war launched by Saudi Arabia that had destroyed the infrastructure of the country, killed 16,000 men, women and children, and unleased famine and epidemics, is now being wracked by another crisis.
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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.
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Saudi, UAE serve US, Israeli interests: Ansarullah's leader
Feb 02, 2018 16:21Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has reiterated that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are engaged in the war on Yemen, are serving the interests of the United States and the illegal Zionist entity.
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Yemen’s former PM to flee Aden as separatist seize presidential palace
Jan 30, 2018 10:04Yemen’s self-proclaimed prime minister is reportedly preparing to flee to Saudi Arabia after the UAE-backed separatists seized the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, where they have been engaged in fierce clashes with rival Riyadh-sponsored militants.
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Yemen: UAE-backed separatists send reinforcements to Aden amid clashes
Jan 29, 2018 10:40Separatists in southern Yemen, who are backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have dispatched sizable reinforcements to the city of Aden, where they have been engaged in fierce clashes with Saudi-allied militants loyal to the former Yemeni government.
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Fierce Aden clashes split Saudi 'coalition' in Yemen
Jan 28, 2018 10:46Several people are killed as mercenaries allied to Saudi Arabia fiercely fight pitched battles with separatists backed by the UAE in Yemen's southern city of Aden, deepening a rift between the two sides.
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Doha seeks no escalation with Abu Dhabi over military overflights: Qatar's FM
Jan 25, 2018 13:08Qatar's foreign minister says Doha seeks no military escalation with the United Arab Emirates amid a growing row between the Persian Gulf neighbors over airspace violations.
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Second UAE fighter jet violates Qatari airspace: Doha
Jan 13, 2018 12:30Qatar says a second warplane belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has violated its airspace, a day after Doha lodged a formal complaint with the UN about what it called a violation of its airspace last month by another such fighter jet.