Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel began working Sunday as the two countries open diplomatic ties, part of a deal brokered by the U.S. that required Israel to halt its ... ( read original story ...)
Israeli And UAE Firms Join Forces In Coronavirus Research
Firms from the United Arab Emirates and Israel have signed an agreement to jointly develop research and studies on the novel coronavirus, the UAE's state WAM agency reported. The business deal comes ... ( read original story ...)
Israel Says It Expects Bahrain and Oman to Follow UAE in Formalising Ties
Palestinians take part in a protest against the United Arab Emirates' deal with Israel to normalise relations, in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Raneen ... ( read original story ...)
Iran condemns UAE deal with Israel, saying it’s a ‘huge mistake’
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani condemned this week’s agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, saying in a heated speech Saturday that the UAE made a “huge mistake.” ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s president says the UAE made a ‘huge mistake’ with Israel deal
In his televised speech, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warned the UAE against allowing Israel a "foothold in the region." ... ( read original story ...)
‘They have enough to destroy both countries’: How an arms race is adding deadly fuel to fire of decades-old Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
Warring neighbours once sparred with small arms and Soviet-era mortars. But escalating arms purchases mean both countries now have formidable arsenals of modern tanks, Howitzer artillery cannons, ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi strongman ‘encouraged’ Russia intervention in Syria, lawsuit claims
In the summer of 2015 Mohammed bin Salman, then Saudi defence minister and third in line to the throne, turned his country’s foreign policy on its head and gave a covert green light for Russia’s ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Administration Eyes New Phase of Syria Sanctions
The Trump administration is readying new rounds of sanctions against Syria, planning to expand its blacklist by focusing on financial-support networks outside the nation in a renewed effort to coerce ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 Has Hit Syria’s Biggest ISIS Prison Camp, US General Says
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached into the sprawling and overcrowded Al Hol prison camp in northeastern Syria, further complicating the continuing U.S. campaign to eliminate the Islamic State, the ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen’s remaining Jews to be transferred to UAE – report
Reports in July claimed that the Houthi militant group in Yemen was rounding up Yemeni Jews and pressuring them to leave. These reports were denied by both Yemeni and international sources. ( read original story ...)