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Jan 21 2022
Headline Roundup
Saudi-Led Airstrike Kills 70 in Yemen as Biden Considers Houthi Terrorist Designation
An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 70 people and injured over 130 in the city of Saada on Friday.
Another strike reportedly hit a telecommunications building in the city of Hodeidah, knocking out internet access throughout the country. The airstrikes were the latest escalation in Yemen’s civil war as it continued into its eighth year
New York Times (News) Associated Press Washington ExaminerNov 19 2021
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Secret Chinese Port Project in Persian Gulf Rattles U.S. Relations With U.A.E.
WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence agencies learned this spring that China was secretly building what they suspected was a military facility at a port in the United Arab Emirates, one of the U.S.’s closest Mideast allies, according to people familiar with the matter.
Alarmed, the Biden administration warned the Emirati government that a Chinese military presence in its country could threaten
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 13 2020
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Israel and UAE strike historic deal to normalise relations
A joint statement by Mr Trump, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Al Nahyan said they hoped the "historic breakthrough will advance peace in the Middle East".
As a result, they added, Israel would suspend its controversial plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
Until now Israel has had no diplomatic relations with Gulf Arab countries
BBC NewsOct 06 2014
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Vice President Joe Biden apologizes to Turkey, UAE
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has apologized to the United Arab Emirates and Turkey for comments he made last week that Middle Eastern allies are partly to blame for the strengthening of ISIS. The latest apology came in phone call from Biden to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, representatives from both countries said Sunday. The vice president issued an apology to
CNN (Online News)Aug 13 2020
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Trump announces 'Historic Peace Agreement' between Israel, UAE
President Trump on Thursday announced what he called a “Historic Peace Agreement” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, saying they agreed to “full normalization of relations.”
“HUGE breakthrough today! Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates!” Trump tweeted Thursday morning.
The president, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Fox News (Online News)Jan 21 2022
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Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill Scores at a Prison in Yemen
The seven-year-old war in Yemen intensified again on Friday when airstrikes by the Saudi-led military coalition on northern Yemen killed at least 70 people and knocked out the entire country’s internet, according to international aid groups and the rebels who control the area.
Capping a week in which rebel drones struck as far away as Abu Dhabi and Saudi bombs rained down across rebel-
New York Times (News)Aug 26 2022
Analysis
The U.S. Looks Poised to Leave Vulnerable Afghans Behind Again
One year after the final U.S. military evacuation flight took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, thousands of Afghans remain in temporary housing at a facility in the Persian Gulf. But the State Department may be shutting down operations, leaving about 5,500 Afghans in a desperate limbo.
Abu Dhabi’s Humanitarian City hastily opened to fleeing Afghans last fall and has
The DispatchMay 10 2023
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Israel keeps up pressure on Islamic Jihad with second day of deadly airstrikes in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces targeted what they called Islamic Jihad terrorist organization operatives and infrastructure in Gaza on Wednesday, a day after Israeli military airstrikes killed three leaders of the Palestinian militant group and 10 other Palestinian men, women and children along the strip. The suspects on Wednesday were traveling to a rocket launch site in the city of Khan Younis,
CNN (Online News)May 01 2023
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Another ISIS leader killed, this time by Turkish agents
Agents with Turkey’s MIT intelligence agency killed the leader of the Islamic State group in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday. “The suspected leader of Daesh, code name Abu Hussein al-Qurashi, has been neutralized in an operation carried out [Saturday] by the MIT in Syria,” Mr. Erdogan announced on TV, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State terror group. He
Washington TimesApr 15 2015
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Islamic State advances on key Iraqi city
Islamic State militants launched a fierce attack Wednesday to capture the city of Ramadi, dealing a setback to a newly launched Iraqi military offensive in the Sunni-dominated region.
Sunni tribal leaders who have been holding out in the city, 70 miles west of Baghdad, said they were short of weapons and ammunition and were under intense pressure from the extremists, said Sterling
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