Here at last is one answer to a question I have often asked: why are jihad groups so often better trained and better equipped than national armies in Africa? The UAE insists that it is unwavering in countering terrorism, but it must have known that this money would go for jihad. One of the reasons […]
Trump says emir of Qatar, Saudi crown prince, and UAE president asked him to hold off attack of Iran
What could possibly go wrong? The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, must have the best interests of America and the free world at heart, right? These sterling individuals […]
US Urges UAE to Seize Lavan Island
Iran’s Lavan Island is an export hub for Iran’s oil, as well as being a place where Tehran stores oil. It is second in importance only to Kharg Island in its role in oil exports and storage. The UAE struck it in April, setting off a major fire at an oil storage facility. Now the […]
Israel Deployed Iron Dome to Protect UAE During Iran War
The UAE has become the closest ally of Israel in the Arab world. It is one of four Arab countries to join the Abraham Accords. Israeli businessmen are doing deals in the Emirates, while Emirati businessmen are investing in Israel. The Moses Ben Maimon synagogue has been built in Abu Dhabi for Jewish and Israeli […]
The Iran War Further Breaks Up OPEC
This is big. The United Arab Emirates has just announced that it’s leaving OPEC in order to boost production in order to support the Iran War. The UAE was a founding member of OPEC and it’s one of the largest oil producers. OPEC nations have mixed positions on the Iran war. Qatar is Iran’s closest […]
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Continuing Threat to Gulf Arabs
The National reported Monday that “Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to President Sheikh Mohamed, said the Gulf’s containment strategy towards Iran had ‘failed miserably’ and warned the country could pose a threat for decades to come.” Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is actually the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates. […]
UAE’s Ambassador to the U.S. Issues a Warning
The Gulf Arab states have been increasingly worried that the Americans might stop the war with Iran before that country has been so thoroughly battered that it will not, for a very long time, be able to threaten its neighbors again. Those states have been the object of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones that have […]
UAE diplomat accuses Iran of firing 2,200 missiles and drones at the UAE over its ‘openness’ and ‘prosperity’
There’s obviously more going on with Iran than what Western observers have been privy to. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been attacking its Gulf neighbors, and not only to take aim at American interests. The Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Lana […]
Senior Adviser to UAE’s President: Iran’s Attacks on Gulf Arab State Pushes Them Closer to Israel
With each ballistic missile or drone that Iran launches against the Arab states of the Gulf, those states draw closer to Israel. For it is Israel that in defending itself by bombing Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, its ballistic missile production plants, its storehouses of drones and drone manufacturing plants, as well as the senior leadership […]
Iran’s Attacks on Gulf Arab States Leave Them Enraged
In just the first two days of the war, the Americans and Israelis attacked thousands of targets, in a massive assault that has hit 130 cities across Iran, destroyed hundreds of ballistic missiles and several missile plants, hit again the nuclear enrichment site deep underground at Natanz that had been hit by American bunker-buster bombs […]