Tag: UAE

France signs $18B weapons deal with UAE (Barbara Surk, AP and Jon Gambrell, AP, Defense News)

France announced multibillion-euro deals Friday to sell fighter planes and combat helicopters to the United Arab Emirates, aiming to boost military cooperation with its...

UAE, France sign $18 bilion deal for 80 Rafale jets as Macron starts Gulf tour (AFP, AP, Arab News)

French President Emmanuel Macron met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on Friday at the start of a two-day Gulf tour that...

UAE, Turkey deepen economic ties with investment deals (Meneske Tokyay, Arab News)

Turkey welcomed Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE’s de facto ruler, on Nov. 24, marking the highest-level visit to...

Israel, Jordan, and the UAE’s energy deal is good news (Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Brookings)

This week in Dubai, Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed Israel and Jordan’s biggest energy and water deal since the neighbors made peace 27 years ago. If implemented, this will be a...

UAE crown prince to meet Erdogan for talks to ‘improve relations’ (Al Jazeera)

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s de facto ruler, will visit Turkey for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan,...

Counter-drone tech at Dubai Airshow reflects UAE’s interest in the capability (Agnes Helou, Defense News)

Although not as abundant as drones, countermeasures against the unmanned systems are certainly prevalent at the 2021 Dubai Airshow, which is taking place Nov. 14-18. Two counter-drone...

Edge Group’s CEO talks drone swarms, 3D printing and export plans (Agnes Helou, Defense News)

Emirati defense conglomerate Edge Group has had the biggest share of announcements at the 2021 Dubai Airshow between systems unveilings, contracts finalizations and the...

American official: US ‘fully committed’ to F-35 sale to UAE (Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press, Defense News)

The U.S. remains “fully committed” to a proposed sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, despite the Biden administration...

UAE crown prince to visit Turkey for first time in ten years (Ragip Soylu, Middle East Eye)

United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) will visit Turkey next week for the first time in ten years, two Turkish officials told...

Israeli arms manufacturer participates in Dubai Air Show for first time (Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Middle East Eye)

The Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems opened a branch in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, as relations between the two countries continued to thaw...

Expand Israel-Arab-US military drills to counter Iran and its proxies (Bradley Bowman and Ryan Brobst, Defense News)

Naval forces from Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States are conducting a five-day multilateral maritime security operations exercise in the Red Sea....

US, Israel and Gulf Arab allies launch joint Red Sea drill (Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, Defense News)

Naval forces from the United States, Israel and two Gulf Arab states are taking part in a joint security drill in the Red Sea, a vital...

UAE pursues better border security collaboration, more domestic capabilities (Agnes Helou, Defense News)

The United Arab Emirates has created a new border security organization to improve coordination between its seven emirates and their array of capabilities, which...

Intel: Saudi Arabia, UAE publicly reject Sudan’s coup (Jared Szuba, Al Monitor)

The United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates released a joint statement on Wednesday calling on Sudan’s military to immediately release those...

Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation benefits the UAE too (Omar Al-Ubaydli, Atlantic Council)

While many commentators have been keen to interpret Saudi Arabia’s attempts to transform Riyadh into the Middle East’s economic capital as a threat to the economic...

Saudi Arabia, UAE summon Lebanon envoys over Yemen war criticism (Al Jazeera)

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have summoned Lebanon’s ambassadors to protest against Information Minister George Kordahi’s criticism of the Riyadh-led military coalition fighting rebels...