Houthi rebels fired a missile at Abha airport in the Saudi province of Asir on 15 February, in revenge for a Saudi airstrike on a funeral house in Arhab, Sanaa province earlier that day. The Saudi airstrike killed eight women and children and...
Dubai royals have been doing their best to bolster the emirate’s tech credentials with a series of meetings with senior industry figures. Vice President and prime minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR) held talks...
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the American University of Sharjah (AUS) celebrated the successful launch of the UAE’s first nanosatellite on 15 February. The Nayif-1 was sent into space onboard the PSLV-C37 rocket, launched from...
Senior military figures from Kuwait and the UAE visited Khartoum in early February for talks on defence co-operation. First there was UAE chief-of-staff Lieutenant General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al-Rumaithi, who met President Oman Al-Bashir,...
UAE deputy prime minister Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman co-chaired a meeting of 150 Emirati and Saudi officials on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi on 21 February. Al-Azm (determination) retreat...
King Salman is set for a five-nation Asian tour in March, visiting Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Maldives. An Indonesian minister has said the king will be in his country for a week, suggesting it will be a long trip.
Crown Prince and interior minister Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef on 10 February received a medal from the new US Central Intelligence Agency head Michael Pompeo, in recognition of his counter-terrorism work.
On 15 February, National Guard minister Prince Miteb Bin Abdullah received Lieutenant General Michael Garrett, commanding general of US Army Central (Arcent), which is based in Carolina, with a headquarters element in Kuwait. Garrett visited the...
A combination of low oil revenues and an anti-corruption drive in one corner of the region has had a dramatic impact on military spending in the Gulf. There was a 30% decline in expenditure among Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries last...
Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani on 15 February hosted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was in town for a short visit. Talks were held at the Emiri Diwan and attended by Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Thani and various...
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