Tom Hussain
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 07:10
Three years after the toppling of Moammar Gadhafi, the military chiefs of seven Arab countries are expected to meet in Cairo next week to discuss whether they should intervene in Libya, which is split between two governments, controlled by rival militias and home now to a blossoming Islamic State affiliate.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 06:36
The UAE is hoping its public posture will help push a message that the alliance is a new form of Arab nationalism made necessary by the unprecedented wave of conflict now sweeping the Middle East. The UAE is at the forefront of trying to defend the actions of a coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, that for the past nearly four weeks has been bombing Yemen in a push to block the advance of Houthi rebels believed to be aligned with Iran.