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The Saudi-UAE disputes reach a fever pitch

https://www.mideastdiscourse.com/2021/07/31/the-saudi-uae-disputes-reac… Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Disputes have popped up between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the war in Yemen, Syria and OPEC quotas.  There has always been a rivalry, but in recent years the relationship between the two oil-rich nations was seen as warm and friendly.  Now, the friendship […]

UAE’s Yemen Troop Withdrawal Follows New Houthi Weapons and Threats of Attack on Dubai

SANA’A, YEMEN — Yemen’s Houthi-allied armed forces have unveiled a package of new domestically-manufactured military hardware, including ballistic and winged missiles and drones. The weapons were unveiled in the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a on Sunday afternoon during an exhibition named after Saleh al-Samad, the president of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, who was killed in a targeted Saudi airstrike in Hodeida in April 2018.

(VIDEO) CHIPs Akbar: Dubai Police Unveil New ‘Hoverbike’ – But Can’t Get Lift-off

Its almost science fiction, only it’s not quite off the ground yet. If they can make it work, Ponch and Jon may be getting a run for their money as the Emiratis attempt to make the highway patrol cool again.
Dubai police are pushing the envelope on this new idea: the new Hoverbike S3 police vehicle – designed to skip over highways, roads and walls.

UAE Blocks News Site Over Report On Failed Dubai Building Projects

An image of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai, rear left, and Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, UAE President, right, on a tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
Authorities in the UAE have banned a leading business website and magazine for one month for allegedly publishing “false news” on failed building projects in Dubai.

9/11 Families Consider Lawsuit Against UAE Over Role In Attacks

Light is seen through the debris at ground zero on September 12, 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks.(AP/Baldwin)
The families of hundreds of people killed in the 9/11 attacks are considering adding the United Arab Emirates as a defendant to a legal case against Saudi Arabia for its roles in the outrage, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked airplanes crashed into New York’s World Trade Centre, the Pentagon building and a Pennsylvania field in September 2001.