Gulf States / UAE

State Dept. experts wanted to demote Oman for its record on human trafficking, but Kerry's advisers blocked the report to keep its ally on the same page for the Iran deal.

Monday flight on a Boeing 737-800 numbered #LY971• Return flight to Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday numbered #LY972.

Netanyahu will meet with UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan at the airport.

The UAE does not recognize the state of Israel, and a spokesperson for its foreign ministry stated that missions accredited to IRENA are limited to dealings with agency business, nothing more.

According to Bahraini security, Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gave the cell $20,000.

Iran announced Sunday dual US-Iranian citizen Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian was sentenced as an "American spy" and sent to prison.

Friedman says "Biden needs to move fast" if he wants to be able to thwart all those efforts in favor of the old, familiar, and bloody 2-state solution.

A senior IAF official said said the Americans downed Israeli planes in dogfights, "but we downed them, too."

U.S. State Department describes UAE-backed resolution as ‘unhelpful’ ahead of crucial Ukraine vote.

"In this matter [of Iran] there is complete agreement between us and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

"Some day Saudi Arabia will start coming out of the closet," an Israeli Defense Ministry source said.

Kuwaiti officials have identified the suicide bomber in Friday's deadly attack in Kuwait City as a Saudi national, Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Qabaa, who flew...

“The House of Representatives confirms that the Israeli ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain has left Bahrain, and the Kingdom of Bahrain decided to return the Bahraini ambassador from Israel to the country.”

Saudi Arabia has vowed to "confront and deal with this terrorist aggression."

"This situation has been in existence already 70 years. . . It’s extremely difficult for it to just pass by, like night and day."

An airline owned by the United Arab Emirates that is a partner with American Airlines has removed Israel from its flight map and refuses...

The rise in oil prices has slowed down the effort to bring down the rate of inflation in the US.

President Rouhani tells Iranians his nation has the right to enrich uranium under the new nuclear deal.

The plane was carrying humanitarian aid for the Palestinian Authority.

"Expo 2020 Dubai is gearing up to help shape a post-pandemic world and create a better future…"

Some 4,000 Israelis traveling to Dubai on a daily basis, especially from the Arab sector.

"The Emiratis could have sent it through another airport," said one response.

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have been ramping up their attacks on Israeli-linked and other commercial vessels as they traverse the international waterway.

“The UK government is working with the United States and Israel on several possible responses.”

The sale would contradict a deeply embedded doctrine regarding Israeli security, namely that the IDF must be technologically superior to all the other countries in the Middle East (the “qualitative military edge” doctrine).

“After hard work we are proud, happy and excited,” Israeli Ambassador to the UAE Amir Hayek said Tuesday.

Israel Start-Up Nation will make history again in June when it becomes the first Israeli team to compete in the Tour de France.

Naturally, the PA's "the moon or nothing" approach continues the catastrophic Arab tradition that began with the wholesale rejection of the 1947 partition plan.

“Our common goal is solidifying the peace in the region,” says TRENDS Research and Advisory head Mohammed Abdullah al-Ali.

Jordan: A set of tefillin were desecrated at Amman's International Airport for "security concerns."