UAE Airlines Suspend Flights to Baghdad After Bullet Attack on Flydubai Jet
A bullet hit the fuselage of a flydubai airliner on its descent into Baghdad, prompting several carriers to suspend their flights to the Iraqi capital on Tuesday.Flight FZ215 was hit by "small arms...
View ArticleLebanon, Turkey Resume Baghdad Flights After Shooting Incident
Turkish Airlines and Lebanon's Middle East Airlines (MEA) resumed flights to Baghdad on Thursday after halting them earlier in the week when bullets hit a plane as it was landing in the Iraqi...
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An Emirati Rebellion Against Saudi Royal Orders?
United Arab Emirates Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum attends a ceremony with dignitaries and leaders from around the world offering their condolences to new King...
View ArticleUAE Pulls out of US-led anti-ISIS Coalition after Death of Jordanian Pilot
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) pulled out of the air campaign fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants after the capture of a Jordanian pilot who has since been killed by the...
View ArticleUS Hostage Fate Uncertain Amid Increasing Anti-ISIS Strikes
Coalition warplanes allegedly pounded a stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group in Syria Saturday amid uncertainty over the fate of a US hostage the jihadists claim was...
View ArticleSisi Seeks to Mend Gulf Ties After Leaked Recordings
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called the leaders of Gulf Arab states to reassure them of strong Egyptian-Gulf ties after a leaked audio recording that purports to show him and senior aides...
View ArticleBahrain to Assist Jordan’s Fight with ISIS as UAE Resumes Airstrikes
Bahrain's ruler has told his Jordanian counterpart that he is ready to assist the kingdom in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, the royal palace in Amman said on...
View ArticleHRW Calls on UAE to End Worker Abuse at Museum Development Sites
Human Rights Watch urged the Louvre and Guggenheim museums Tuesday to pressure the United Arab Emirates to end worker abuse on a project that will host branches of the institutions.Some employers at...
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Yemen Clashes Kill 26 as UAE, Saudi Arabia Close Embassies
Yemeni supporters of the separatist Southern Movement take part in a demonstration following the Friday prayers on February 13, 2015 in the southern city of Aden to demand renewed independence of the...
View ArticleJordan Sentences Brotherhood Member to 18 Months in Jail for Criticizing UAE
A Jordanian court sentenced a senior Muslim Brotherhood official to 18 months in prison on Sunday for criticizing the United Arab Emirates on social media, a judicial source said.Zaki Bani Rushaid,...
View ArticleBahrain Deploys Warplanes to Jordan for Anti-ISIS Fight
Bahrain has deployed war planes to Jordan, the state news agency BNA said on Sunday, becoming the second Gulf Arab country to send warplanes to help in the fight against Islamist militants in Syria and...
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Egypt’s Misguided Drive to Wage War on the ‘Islamic State’ in Libya
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Defence on February 16, 2015 shows an Egyptian air force fighter jet landing at an undisclosed location in Egypt following air strikes in Libya....
View ArticleTwo Fires Hit UAE Buildings, Killing 10 Foreign Workers
Updated at 1:40 pm (GMT+2): Ten foreign workers have died in a fire that hit a tire shop in Abu Dhabi, apparently trapping the laborers in a warehouse used illegally for accommodation, local media said...
View ArticleUAE Sentences Six Iranians to Life over Alleged Businessman Kidnapping
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sentenced six Iranians, three of them in absentia, to life in prison for kidnapping a British businessman who went missing in Dubai in 2013, newspapers...
View ArticleEmirati to Be Tried for Murder of American Teacher
An Emirati woman has been referred to court on charges of murdering an American in an Abu Dhabi mall and attempting to kill another in his home, officials said Sunday.Alaa Bader Abdullah is accused of...
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