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Iran launches massive military drill, threatens neighbors hosting Israeli bases

Dec 31, 2022 @ 10:20Jan 25, 2023 @ 17:07 Diane Shalem 4297 Views Iran's Zolfaqar 1401 drill;Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, UAE

The massive drill Iran launched on Friday Dec. 30, dubbed Zolfaqar (sword of the first Shia imam, Ali) 1401, incorporating

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UAE opts out of US-planned air defense pact as Biden flies to Jeddah

Jul 15, 2022 @ 18:36Aug 14, 2022 @ 16:34 Diane Shalem 11298 Views Israel, Jeddah, Joe Biden, MBS, Nuclear Iran, oil, Saudi Arabia, UAE

The United Arab Emirates planted an upset for US President Joe Biden ahead of his arrival in Jeddah on Thursday,

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Assad received in Arab capital first time in 12 years. US said considering de-listing Rev Guards as terrorists

Mar 19, 2022 @ 17:04Apr 6, 2022 @ 14:53 Diane Shalem 5997 Views Israel, Saudi, UAE, US de-listing IRGC as terrorists? Bashar Assad in UAE

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

Dec 8, 2021 @ 18:08Dec 25, 2021 @ 12:34 Diane Shalem 9687 Views detente, Iran, Iran nuclear, Israel, Saudis, UAE, US

United Arab Emirates and Saudi leaders took significant steps this week towards rapprochement with Tehran, backing away overtly for the

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The cargo ship attacked no longer Israeli-owned

Jul 3, 2021 @ 20:30Jul 16, 2021 @ 15:55 Diane Shalem 7088 Views Israel-owned ship attacked, Jeddah, UAE

An Israeli cargo ship was on fire in the northern Indian Ocean on Saturday, June 3, after a possible attack

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The UAE is building a new airbase off Yemen to control and safeguard Red Sea shipping

May 28, 2021 @ 18:07Jun 12, 2021 @ 12:17 Diane Shalem 7071 Views Israel, Perim island, Red Sea helicpter base, Saudi, UAE

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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In first Gulf trips, Netanyahu will bolster shared Iran line for Biden

Jan 25, 2021 @ 12:23Feb 1, 2021 @ 19:05 Diane Shalem 857 Views Bahrain, Biden administrtion, Binyanin Netanyahu Gulf visit, Iran nuclear, UAE

PM Binyamin Netanyahu will reportedly make his first official trips to the UAE and Bahrain in the first week of

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IAF Chief sees joint Israeli-UAE air force exercises “not far” in 2021

Dec 31, 2020 @ 10:35Jan 7, 2021 @ 15:58 Diane Shalem 4948 Views F-35, joint air force exercises, Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, UAE

Israel’s air force chief Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin said on Wednesday, Dec. 30, that while the planned sale of US

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Top US soldier sounds out Israel, Saudis & Emiratis on countering Iranian aggression

Dec 19, 2020 @ 21:19Dec 27, 2020 @ 11:53 Diane Shalem 6246 Views 2015 nuclear accord, EU, Gen. Mark Millay, IAEA, Israel, UAE

During Chairman of the US joint chiefs Gen. Mark Millay’s two-day visit to Israel, he talked twice with PM Binyamin

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Trump close to bagging Morocco for another peace deal with Israel

Nov 10, 2020 @ 20:13Nov 21, 2020 @ 13:39 Diane Shalem 8528 Views Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, UAE, US-Morocco, Western Sahara

Acceptance of Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara gave US President Donald Trump the key to roping another Arab government into

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