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The Lebanese Prime Minister-designate seeks to rally foreign support for his country, which suffers a political stalemate amid stalled government formation and severe economic crisis.
Analysis: Biden's policies towards Riyadh, together with how the UAE responds, will play a major role in determining whether Turkish-Saudi reconciliation succeeds.
Trump asked MBZ to 'encourage more Arab-Israeli normalisation deals'
Trump asked UAE day-to-day ruler MBZ to push for more regional agreements with Israel, a report said.
Could the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict spark a proxy war?
Analysis: As war returns to Nagorno-Karabakh, there are fears that Armenian-Azeri fighting could draw in regional powers.
Dahlan rebukes claims US wants him as Palestinian leader
Mohammed Dahlan rebuffed David Friedman's remarks, saying they were 'nothing more than a deception tactic aimed at destabilising' the ...
What's powering France's amoral alliance with UAE?
Comment: Paris has kept its extensive collaboration with the Emiratis curiously quiet. The 2019 revelations on UAE's shadowy behaviour in Yemeni might help explain why, writes Eva Thiebaud.
Bahrainis protesting normalisation 'in secret' amid fears of crackdown
Bahrainis have been protesting in secret online, offline and in exile against normalisation with Israel, despite the risk of state crackdown.
Recycling Failure: Normalisation, annexation, and Oslo Accords at 27
Comment: Twenty seven years later, the true legacy of the Oslo Accords has been Palestinian division, entrenched occupation and annexation, and ...
Recycling Failure: Normalisation, annexation, and Oslo Accords at 27
Comment: Twenty seven years later, the true legacy of the Oslo Accords has been Palestinian division, entrenched occupation and annexation, and ...
Will UAE-Israel deal draw Tel Aviv into Yemen's war?
Divided opinion over the normalisation deal risks complicating already tense relations among Yemen's political factions.
Pompeo failed to replicate UAE-Israel deal, here's why
Comment: Pompeo's failure to garner more UAE-style normalisation agreements suggests that Arab public opinion still counts for something, writes ...
Palestine to boycott Dubai Expo 2020 following UAE-Israel deal
Palestine announced its boycott of Dubai's Expo 2020 in protest of the UAE-Israeli normalisation deal.
Beware the US-Israel-UAE strategic agenda for the Arab region
Comment: The deal announced Thursday serves only the interests of Trump in an election year, Israel, and Arab authoritarianism in the region, ...
Why the UAE seeks stronger ties with Iran
Comment: As the UAE moves out of Saudi Arabia's shadow, its developing ties with Iran are not as surprising as some might suggest, writes ...
Iran abducted exiled opponent while in Dubai, family says
Jamshid Sharmahd, a member of a militant Iranian opposition group, appears to have been taken from Dubai to Oman and then onwards to Iran.
The UAE's hidden hand in Tunisia's political crisis
As Tunisia becomes embroiled in a political crisis, questions are being raised about the UAE's role.
Will the Caesar Act deter UAE normalisation of Assad?
In-depth: The Syrian regime has become increasingly important to the UAE's geopolitical goals.
The UAE is gradually eclipsing Saudi Arabia in Yemen
Comment: The STC's takeover of Socotra indicates that the United Arab Emirates has marginalised Saudi Arabia into a weaker position, at least ...
Saudi Arabia's erasure of its Ottoman history will backfire
Comment: Saudi Arabia is distancing itself from its Ottoman past to fuel its rivalry with Turkey, whipping up jingoistic sentiments, and ...
What UAE seeks to gain from the coronavirus crisis
Comment: Abu Dhabi is seeking to bolster its international credentials, and thicken the smokescreen of international impunity under which its ...
Three big lessons from Yemen's five years of war
Comment: Arab autocracies, Saudi-Emirati military muscle-flexing and a mythical 'international community' have all contributed to five years of ...
Surgeon in UAE jailed, deported over botched nose job
A surgeon, anaesthetist and assistant have been jailed for a year and then deported after being found responsible for a botched surgery which ...
UAE, Libya's Haftar sued in US for 'war crimes'
Libya's rogue General Khalifa Haftar and his Emirati allies are facing a lawsuit at a US federal court after six Libyan families took legal ...
In Sudan, General Hemedti leads the fray
Comment: In reality, it is Hemedti, the brutal and cunning general who organised the harsh crackdown in Khartoum last June, who wields the real ...
Both Abu Dhabi and Ankara have been accused of repeatedly violating a UN arms embargo on Libya.
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