UAE opts out of US-planned air defense pact as Biden flies to Jeddah
The United Arab Emirates planted an upset for US President Joe Biden ahead of his arrival in Jeddah on Thursday,
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Moscow’s “doomsday plane” in May 9 Parade raises nuclear threat over Ukraine war. Ties with Israel plummet
The Il-80 exhibited on Wednesday, May 4, in the rehearsal for the May 9 Victory Parade was designed as a
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Assad received in Arab capital first time in 12 years. US said considering de-listing Rev Guards as terrorists
Syrian dictator Bashar Assad was received in the UAE on Friday, March 19 for his first visit to an Arab
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UAE, Saudis seek détente with Tehran, fed up with US-Israel slow motion on nuclear-armed Iran
United Arab Emirates and Saudi leaders took significant steps this week towards rapprochement with Tehran, backing away overtly for the
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Arab spy chiefs found an inner circle in Cairo, embrace Syria with US nod
A group of Arab intelligence directors got together for a secret rendezvous in Cairo last week, DEBKAfile’s sources reveal. The
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Israeli diplomatic families leave as rebels advance on Addis. Iran gives Ethiopia exploding drones
With rebel forces closing the distance to Addis Ababa, Israel, the US and other foreign governments on Saturday, Nov. 5,
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Iran’s biggest ever air defense exercise – “ready for any threat” from US or Israel
As the answer to “Israel’s threats,” Iran has developed air defense systems “commensurate with any threats,” said Brig. Gen Alireza
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Taliban moves into Afghanistan presidential palace. Elected president flees
Taliban soldiers were photographed around desks at the presidential palace in Kabul on Monday, Aug.16, hours after President Ashraf Ghani
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Khamenei slams door on US nuclear talks, ups regional aggression
“We are in very close contact and coordination with the UK, Israel, Romania and other countries, and there will be
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The UAE is building a new airbase off Yemen to control and safeguard Red Sea shipping
The mysterious air base being built on Mayun island in the Red Sea’s Bab al Mandeb Strait is revealed by
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