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Jan 14 2020
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Iran is closer ‘than ever before’ to regime collapse, says former Obama security advisor
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has had a turbulent past week, marked by more than a hundred Iranian deaths and dramatically increased tensions with the U.S. As it enters into the third day of protests fueled by popular anger over the government’s handling of a downed passenger jet, some observers argue this is the most vulnerable the Islamic Republic’s regime has been since its
CNBCJun 15 2023
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Rescuers fear death toll will continue to rise following migrant shipwreck off coast of Greece
Kassem Abu Zeed caught the first flight from Germany to Greece after realizing that his wife and brother-in-law were aboard a trawler crammed with migrants that went down in the Mediterranean Sea. As rescue ships fanned out Thursday in search of hundreds of people missing in the tragedy, relatives of the migrants gathered in the southern port city of Kalamata to look for their loved ones. "The
Fox News (Online News)Oct 11 2023
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Iranian-Backed Militia Threatens to Strike U.S. Targets as American Carrier Arrives in Mediterranean
The head of a prominent Iranian-backed militia in Iraq threatened to attack U.S. military bases should America intervene in the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel, just hours after the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday to deter Israel’s hostile neighbors from widening the conflict.
“Our missiles, drones, and special forces are ready
National Review (News)Jan 21 2022
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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 ExaminerApr 29 2015
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Polygamy is bad for a man's heart, study shows
More wives, more heart problems, according to new research out of the Middle East.
Polygamists are four times more likely to suffer from heart disease according to research shared at an international Cardiology conference in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Dr. Amin Daoulah, a cardiologist at a hospital in Saudi Arabia, said the risk and severity of heart disease incre
KUTVNov 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)