The United Arab Emirates, a close ally of the United States, has been engaged in extensive efforts to influence US policy, according to a new classified intelligence report, The Hill reported. According to the report, the Gulf nation used legal and illegal measures to try to...
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Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a free-trade agreement Tuesday, a landmark deal that will boost business ties and comes less than two years after both nations normalized relations in a US-brokered deal, the Wall Street Journal reported. The agreement will cover 96 percent of...
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Syrian President Bashar Assad visited the United Arab Emirates over the weekend in the first trip to an Arab country since the start of Syria’s civil war a decade ago, Bloomberg reported. Assad met with de facto UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and...
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A global anti-money laundering watchdog placed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on its “gray list” over concerns that the Gulf country has not taken enough steps to curb illegal financial activities, CNBC reported. The French-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said that the UAE was subject...
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