United Arab Emirates News in English

January 19, 2022

Former Guinea president travels to UAE for medical treatment: junta

Guinea’s deposed former president has sought medical treatment in the United Arab Emirates having left the country earlier this week, the ruling junta said Tuesday. Alpha Conde left the West African state on Monday, according to government officials who requested…

January 18, 2022

14 dead as Saudi coalition bombs Yemen after UAE attack

The Saudi-led coalition killed 14 people in air strikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a medical source said Tuesday, after an attack by Huthi insurgents on the United Arab Emirates sent regional tensions soaring. Sanaa residents were combing the rubble for…

January 18, 2022

UAE calls on UN Security Council to condemn Huthi attacks

The United Arab Emirates demanded on Tuesday an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to address the deadly drone attack on its capital by Yemen’s Huthi rebels. Earlier in the day, the Saudi-led military coalition — of which the…

January 18, 2022

Why is the Yemeni rebel attack on Abu Dhabi a game changer?

A deadly attack by Yemen’s Huthi rebels on the United Arab Emirates marks a new phase in a seven-year civil war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Here are some key questions and answers after Monday’s drone and…

January 18, 2022

14 dead as coalition bombs Yemen after UAE attack

The Saudi-led coalition killed 14 people in air strikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a medical source said Tuesday, after an attack by Huthi insurgents on the United Arab Emirates sent regional tensions soaring. Sanaa residents were combing the rubble for…

January 18, 2022

Timeline: Yemen’s grinding seven-year war

After Yemen’s Huthi rebels brought the war to the UAE in a drone attack, and the Saudi-led coalition struck back on Tuesday, here is a look at the seven-year conflict. The war pits the Iran-supported insurgents against Yemen government forces…

January 18, 2022

11 dead as coalition bombs Yemen after UAE attack

Eleven people were killed in air strikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a witness and medical sources told AFP on Tuesday, as the Saudi-led coalition hit back after a deadly attack on Abu Dhabi that sent Gulf tensions soaring. Residents were…

January 18, 2022

US vows to hold Huthi rebels accountable for UAE attack

The United States condemned Monday’s drone strike on Abu Dhabi claimed by Yemen’s Huthis, and vowed to hold the rebels accountable for the “terrorist attack” that left three people dead. “The Huthis have claimed responsibility for this attack, and we…

January 17, 2022

Three dead as Yemeni rebels hit Abu Dhabi in ‘warning’ shot

Yemen’s Huthi rebels claimed attacks in Abu Dhabi that triggered a fuel tank blast killing three people Monday, and warned civilians and foreign firms in the UAE to avoid “vital installations”. The United Arab Emirates is part of a Saudi-led…