Yemen withdrawal: The UAE has begun scaling back its military commitment in Yemen, in a significant strategic shift following more than four years of war. Reports of the change to UAE strategy first emerged in late June and were later confirmed...
Dubai family dispute: Family issues have brought Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR) into an unwelcome light – which will be amplified when, as widely expected, the case goes to court in London. His wife Princess Haya Bint Al-...
UAE officials have confirmed the accuracy of reports that the Emirates are reducing their military commitment in Yemen, in the process signalling a new phase in the war which has now been raging for more than four years. Whether this is due to...
Omani state minister for foreign affairs Yusuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah’s 7 July visit to Damascus was the most high-level public visit to Syria by an official from a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) member state for at least four years. It affirmed...
Saudi Arabia has warned visiting pilgrims to focus on religion and leave politics to one side when performing Hajj this year. Media minister Turki Bin Abdullah Al-Shabanah on 9 July urged visitors to refrain from “raising any political or...
Riyadh’s strategy of developing its own defence industry expertise has suffered a setback after South Africa’s troubled Denel group reportedly rejected a rescue offer by the state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (Sami), which last year...
A decision to allow shops to stay open around the clock has sparked confusion over what that means for prayer times. Following a cabinet meeting on 16 July, the government said businesses would now be able to chose their own opening hours,...
King Salman Bin Abdelaziz has opted to take another holiday in Neom, the modernistic city under construction in the kingdom’s north-west corner. It is the second year in a row that the monarch has taken a summer break in the area, following a...
The first economic and social meeting of the UK-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council was held in Jeddah in early July, as the UK continued with its efforts to win business via the Vision 2030 economic reform strategy championed by Crown...
Concerns about the safety of oil tankers passing through the Gulf continue to rise amid claims of Iranian attempts to divert one UK tanker and another ship going missing for several days before turning up in Iranian waters.The UK said on 11 July...
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