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Saudi Arabia opens Taif air base to US for Iran war

Riyadh (Somalia Today) - Saudi Arabia has agreed to open a strategic western air base to the United States, expanding Washington's military footprint as...
Middle East

Trump struggles to win backing for Strait of Hormuz mission

Tehran (Somalia Today) - US allies and rivals reacted cautiously on Sunday after President Donald Trump urged major powers to help police the Strait...
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Dubai ‘dream’ fades: Missiles spark mass expat exodus

Dubai (Somalia Today) — Dubai faces an existential threat as the escalating war involving the United States, Israel and Iran shakes the foundations of...
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Iran is hitting the radars behind U.S. missile defenses

Dubai (Somalia Today) - Iran is increasingly targeting the strategic radar and communications systems that underpin US-led air defences across the Gulf, aiming to...
Middle East

Iran sets condition to halt strikes on Gulf neighbours

Tehran (Somalia Today) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday vowed to halt strikes on neighbouring Arab states, provided they do not allow the...
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Gulf states angry at US over exposure to Iranian strikes

Washington (Somalia Today) - The Trump administration is facing mounting anger from its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf, who say Washington left them...
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Dubai’s ‘safe haven’ image shattered by Iranian strikes

Dubai (Somalia Today) - For decades, Dubai sold itself to the world with a simple promise: a gleaming, tax-free safe haven insulated from the...
Middle East

US stonewalls Gulf requests to restock air defences

Dubai (Somalia Today) - The United States is rebuffing requests from Gulf Arab allies to replenish their depleted air defence systems as they face...
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman listens to President Donald Trump speak

Saudi Arabia opens Taif air base to US for Iran war

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago

Trump struggles to win backing for Strait of Hormuz mission

A damaged building in the vicinity of Dubai Creek Harbour after a drone fell on it, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Dubai

Dubai ‘dream’ fades: Missiles spark mass expat exodus

Before-and-after satellite image of AN/FPS-132 Block 5 radar hit at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar

Iran is hitting the radars behind U.S. missile defenses

President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally commemorating anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Iran sets condition to halt strikes on Gulf neighbours

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Gulf states angry at US over exposure to Iranian strikes

A black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse at the industrial area of Dubai

Dubai’s ‘safe haven’ image shattered by Iranian strikes

A Patriot missile mobile launcher is displayed outside the Fort Sill Army Post near Lawton, Oklahoma

US stonewalls Gulf requests to restock air defences

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman listens to President Donald Trump speak during the Saudi Investment Forum with at the Kennedy Center,

Graham sought Saudi backing before Iran strikes: report

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan pictured during an interview with the UAE’s official news agency WAM.

UAE shifts public leadership to ease Saudi, regional friction

Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation

Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei killed: Israeli official

People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after US and Israel strike Iran.

Trump calls for regime change as US, Israel strike Iranian sites

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem

Arab, Islamic nations reject US envoy’s Israel expansion remarks

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.

Trump pursues Saudi nuclear pact without strict arms guardrails

US Senator Lindsey Graham meets UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi

US senator says UAE leader ‘alive and well’, after health rumours

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO of DP World, gestures during the World Government Summit in Dubai Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World.

DP World CEO ousted over Epstein files scandal

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is seen on a screen via video-link in a courtroom in Tripoli

Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam killed in western Libya: reports

A composite image showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Saudi Arabia courts Algeria as Gulf rivalry with UAE deepens

The USS Abraham Lincoln in San Diego, CA

US warships close in on Iran as military strike fears mount

Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar walks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo

Egypt, Saudi Arabia press Haftar to stop UAE arms flow to RSF

Composite of Sisi, MbS and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Somalia seeks Saudi-Egypt alliance over Red Sea security

The Antonov An-124 Maximus Air Cargo, photographed here in Dubai in 2007, connected to UAE supply routes to Sudan and Libya (Wikimedia)

UAE arms flights pivot to Israel, Ethiopia after Somalia exit

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman and United Arab Emirates President, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Saudi Arabia seeks to oust UAE from wider region after Yemen rift

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 21, 2024.

UAE exits Somalia bases, ports after Mogadishu cancels pacts

Somali and Egyptian presidents meet in Cairo, 2025

Israel alarmed by Egypt’s expanding Somalia footprint

Members of Saudi special forces march during a graduation ceremony held in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia in talks on military alliance with Egypt, Somalia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Egypt shares UAE military intel with Saudi Arabia to mend ties

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