The High Council of State in Libya has revealed that Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France are backing Libyan general Khalifa Haftar in carrying out a new attack on Libyan...

Last week, the United Arab Emirates confirmed its troop drawdown from Yemen, which has raised questions about what Abu Dhabi’s next target will be. “Many people asked if this...

Washington proposed on July 9 stepping up efforts to safeguard strategic waters off Iran and Yemen where it blames Iran and its proxies for tanker attacks. Iran denies the...

US President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the chief executives of major American airlines to discuss their accusations that subsidies by Qatar and United Arab Emirates are costing...

Between May 2011 and today the United Nations has appointed six special representatives to Libya, from five different nationalities, each serving less than two years. The present envoy, Ghassan...

US Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Thursday it was talking to other countries about freedom of navigation in the Gulf and would work “aggressively” to find...

The United States (US) is reportedly replacing some of its regular troops in northern Syria with mercenaries from private military companies (PMC), the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry...

Is the UAE washing its hands of a humanitarian disaster in Yemen?

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined Egypt, France, Italy, the UK and the US in expressing concern about the ongoing hostilities in Tripoli, Libya, and calling for a return...

The US House of Representatives backed resolutions on Wednesday to block the sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, sending them to the White...

Arabi 21 has obtained a summary of the statement made by the Deputy General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Khayrat Al-Shatir during the recent court session held on...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it launched a drone attack on Jizan airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia early on Wednesday, part of an escalation of cross-border assaults in the...

The United States is investigating the fate of a small UAE oil tanker that went missing two days ago while crossing the Strait of Hormuz, AP reported yesterday. The...

Egypt, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US reiterated concern about ongoing hostilities in Tripoli, urging Libya to return to UN-mediated political process, reports Anadolu...

The war in Yemen is entering its fifth year with no solution in sight. Every day thousands of people, including women and children, are injured and maimed. According to...

In a previous article, I warned the Sudanese people regarding the fate of their revolution if they believed the overly nice words of the army, gave into them and...

A member of Hamas was kidnapped and tortured to death by Emirati security services in Yemen. Salim Ahmed Ma’arouf was kidnapped on Friday from a security checkpoint in Marib,...

 Oil prices increased yesterday as US oil producers in the Gulf of Mexico cut their production by more than half due to a tropical storm, while tensions continue to...

Saudi Arabia, Russia, and 35 other states have written to the United Nations supporting China’s policies in its western region of Xinjiang, according to a copy of the letter...

German MP Thomas Hitschler criticised his government for continuing to allow arms exports to countries participating in the war in Yemen. Speaking to the German Press Agency (DPA) yesterday,...

There have been several media reports about the withdrawal of the Emirati forces operating within the so-called Arab Alliance for the restoration of legitimacy in Yemen. All of the...

Saudi Arabia’s military in Yemen has moved in to secure two strategic Red Sea ports and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait after its leading ally the United Arab Emirates substantially...

A group of 19 human rights organisations have warned France against becoming a partner in the war on Yemen through its continued sale of arms to Saudi Arabia and...

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Republican chairman, Senator Jim Risch, introduced legislation on Wednesday punishing Saudi Arabia over human rights abuses and criticizing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,...

Egyptian army yesterday announced the launch of a new local transportation company, dubbed “Dubci Smart Transport,” in an attempt to compete with the United States (US)’s Uber and it’s...

This month, MEMO turns 10 years old. Here we look at our biggest stories of the decade.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz flew through Saudi airspace with the kingdom’s consent while making his way to an official visit to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi last week,...

A research fellow at the Washington Institute for Studies said the UAE’s gradual withdrawal from Yemen constitutes a strategic shift that might isolate Saudi Arabia in the country. The...

The UAE declared on Monday its intention to “start reducing the number of its troops in several areas in Yemen,” according to an Emirati official, AFP reports. The UAE’s...

Hundreds of Tunisians and Palestinian ex-patriots demonstrated, Monday, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Mohamed Ali Square in Tunis. The demonstrations were in response to an invitation...

If 6 June 1967 represents an overwhelming military defeat for Egypt and the Arab nation as a whole, following which we lost land, grace and dignity, the Nakba of...

The United Arab Emirates had been planning its recent troop drawdown in Yemen for over a year and coordinated its move with key ally Saudi Arabia, a senior Emirati...