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United Arab Emirates
New anti-terror law with approved in United Arab Emirates
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France
UK prime minister: Our generational struggle against a poisonous ideology
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Iran
Saudi Arabia losing influence in Yemen
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Egypt
Arab Leaders, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent
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Qatar
Islamic banking rebrands in attempt to go mainstream
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Iran
The Syria disconnect in US Iraq policy
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United Arab Emirates
A court handed jail sentences to seven men arrested last year on suspicion of supporting the Al Nusrah Front in Syria and forming a terrorist cell in the UAE; six received seven-year terms, and the other, who was in absentia, was given a life sentence. Two other men arrested at the same time, both Arabs and not Emirati citizens, were acquitted. The UAE is dispatching an aid convoy to Pakistan’s Bannu district to assist those displaced by fighting in Waziristan.
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Egypt
Brotherhood leadership struggles to regroup in exile
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United Arab Emirates
Trial was adjourned in the case of nine suspected Al Nusrah Front members accused of participating in al Qaeda-linked activities. The cell, which includes five Tunisians, two Palestinians, a Jordanian, and a Lebanese, is suspected of plotting attacks in UAE, supporting and recruiting for Al Nusrah, and running the jihadist website Sinam al-Islam.
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United Arab Emirates
Trial opened in the case of nine suspected al Qaeda members who are accused of forming, recruiting, and financing an al Qaeda cell; planning attacks; and trying “to extend their activities to other countries in the region.” Most of the nine suspects, who are all Arab nationals, are from North Africa; one is being tried in absentia.
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Egypt
Converging Interests May Lead to Cooperation Between Israel and Gulf States
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Greece
Exclusive: The mysterious journey of the Libya oil tanker
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Libya
US SEALs Take Control of Diverted Libyan Oil Tanker
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Interpol
Interpol reveals lax passport screening
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Gulf Cooperation Council
Spurning Gulf Arab pressure, Qatar says foreign policy non-negotiable
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Muslim Brotherhood
Arab states withdraw ambassadors from Qatar in protest at ‘interference’
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United Arab Emirates
Dr Mahmoud al-Jaidah, a Qatari doctor, was sentenced to seven years in prison for supporting the banned Islamic religious group al-Islah, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Activist groups and his family claimed his confessions were obtained after torture. Two Emiratis were also sentenced for the same offenses.
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Afghanistan
Afghan NSC welcomes Taliban’s Dubai meeting declaration
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United Arab Emirates
The UAE summoned Qatari ambassador Fares al Nuaimi, in an “unprecedented measure,” to protest against the remarks of Qatar-based Egyptian cleric Yusef al Qaradawi, who last month accused the UAE of “standing against Islamist regimes, punishing its leaders and putting them in jail.” Qatar’s foreign minister had said yesterday that Qaradawi’s remarks “do not reflect Qatari foreign policy,” but the UAE found the disavowal insufficient.
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Afghanistan
Afghan high peace council unaware of secret talks with Taliban
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Iran
Iran Nuclear Deal Raises Fears of Proliferation Among Arab States
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United Arab Emirates
Trial began in Abu Dhabi for 20 Egyptians and 10 Emiratis accused of trying to establish a UAE branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Prosecutors allege that a number of the defendants are members of al Isla, an Emirati group said to be a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. The defendants deny the charges against them and claim to have been tortured while in detention.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Private donations give edge to Islamists in Syria, officials say
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Somalia
Mideast task force needed to fight Somali piracy, says expert
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United Arab Emirates
Allies Thwart America in Egypt
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Egypt
How American Hopes for a Deal in Egypt Were Undercut
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India
No talks till Dawood and Hafiz Saeed are handed over: BJP
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United Arab Emirates
Scotland Yard counter-terrorism unit investigate Dubai abduction
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Free Syrian Army
No Quick Impact in US Arms Plan for Syria Rebels
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United Arab Emirates
The government sentenced more than 65 suspects of a group called UAE94 that is accused of plotting a coup to prison terms ranging from seven to 15 years. The defendants were said to be members of the Al Islah Society, an Islamist group with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Among those sentenced was the leader of Islah, Sultan Qassimi, whose son said that his father “is in contact with symbols of Islamist movements worldwide.”
