United Arab Emirates

Yemeni experts support allegations of secret UAE prisons, despite Emirati denial

After STC setbacks in the east, Saudi Arabia corrals southern factions into talks while allegations of secret prisons run by UAE forces in Yemen regain attention.

Police troopers patrol a street after in Aden, Yemen, January 7, 2026
Yemeni children play soccer at a displaced persons camp in Marib, Yemen, October 29, 2024.

Yemen’s fractured power struggle deepens its humanitarian, political crisis - opinion

Yemen's presidential leadership council has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Salem bin Breik and appointed Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsen Zindani as the country's new prime minister.

Yemen PM Salem bin Breik resigns, Zindani appointed successor

A billboard displays the photo of Aidarous al-Zabidi, the head of Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council in Aden, Yemen December 9, 2025.

Saudi Arabia pledges $500m over Yemen development projects in areas long-held by UAE, separatists


Russia and Ukraine stage new prisoner exchange after UAE mediation

Russia and Ukraine exchanged 146 prisoners of war from each side on Sunday

 (L-R): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia's Vladimir Putin seen near the US embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine (illustrative)

US Embassy in UAE urges US nat'ls to avoid locations affiliated with Judaism, Israel

As of Wednesday, the State Dept. urged US travelers to the UAE to exercise increased caution due to the threat of terrorism and missile or drone attacks.

US President Donald Trump visits the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue at the Abrahamic Family House during his visit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025.

UAE one of 'appropiate places' to meet Trump, Russia's Putin says

Putin said that he was not 'on the whole' against meeting Zelensky adding that 'certain conditions should be created' for such a meeting.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018

Israeli embassies remain open in UAE despite travel advisory warning, terror concerns

The National Security Council recently updated its travel advisory for the UAE after it received intelligence regarding potential revenge attacks against Israelis.

 A Dubai beach as seen from a helicopter.

Egyptian border opens, allowing dozens of trucks to bring aid into Gaza

Since the resumption of aid entry, more than 5,000 trucks of humanitarian aid have been transferred to Gaza.

Truck carrying aid lines up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, July 28, 2025.

Israel Air Force, security officials track F-35 sales as regional powers eye stealth jet

Meanwhile, the Defense Ministry is closely monitoring the F-47 fighter jet project, a sixth-generation aircraft.

 IDF releases footage of the approximately 20 Israel Air Force fighter jets that took part in striking Houthi sites in Yemen, July 7, 2025.

Gulf, Arab states celebrate Israel's shift on Gaza aid as achievement - analysis

This highlights the significance of this for these countries and other Arab states. The UAE is a member of the Abraham Accords. Some have assumed that Saudi Arabia might join in the future.

 Trucks carrying aid enter Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on July 27, 2025 in Rafah, Egypt.

IDF to allow foreign countries to drop aid in Gaza Strip

Additionally, the World Central Kitchen organization has begun operating its kitchens inside Gaza again.

Trucks and Humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip seen at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025.

Trump pledged to save Afghans. But UAE already sent some evacuees back, cable shows

While Trump said that he would "try to save them", Reuters reported that the United Arab Emirates sent back families to Afghanistan.

 An Afghan refugee man loads a truck with his belongings, as he along with others returns home, after Pakistan gave the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, in Jamrud, Pakistan, April 14, 2025.

Lapid meets with president of UAE to discuss regional developments, hostage deal

Lapid reiterated a promise that his party would lend its 23 votes to any initiative aimed at bringing the hostages home.

 Israeli Opposition head, Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.