From Jordan base, UAE resumes airstrikes on Islamic State
By ADAM SCHRECK United Arab Emirates fighter planes roared out of an air base in Jordan on Tuesday to pound Islamic State militant positions, marking a return to combat operations…
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Iraq: al-Maliki’s rivals jockey to replace him
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA FILE – This Dec. 3, 2011 file photo shows Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki talks during an interview with The Associated Press in…
IRAN’S TOP DIPLOMAT MEETS WITH EMIRATI LEADER
By ADAM SCHRECK This image released by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, shows UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad…
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL FUELS ANGER, JITTERS IN MIDEAST
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. After feverishly trying to derail the international…
Israel, Gulf in ‘strange alliance’ against Iran
By BRIAN MURPHY FILE-In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is greeted by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud,…
Boeing takes $100 billion in orders from Gulf
By AYA BATRAWY Emirati officials greet each other in front of an Emirates Airbus A380 on display during the opening day of the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,…
US companies eye Middle East airshow for sales
By AYA BATRAWY and JOSHUA FREED FILE – In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 handout file photo provided by the Red Arrows, a formation of nine Royal Air Force Red…
KERRY SAYS MAJOR POWERS AGREE ON IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with a journalist during a joint press conference with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE minister of foreign affairs…