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US and Iran exchange fire for the first time since July

Washington says it struck missile launchers before they could fire rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

An Emirates aircraft flies past plumes of smoke from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport following an Iranian strike on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

UAE

UAE cuts off trade with Iran after missile strikes

By Andrew Bernard

1 min read

Prime Minister Netanyahu meets Jordan's King Abdullah II during a visit to Amman on January 16, 2014 (Getty Images)

Israel

Israel and Jordan to negotiate energy for water deal at UAE summit

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Rabbi Doron Birnbaum (left) with Amjad Taha and local Jewish children in Golders Green, June 22, 2026 (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

Peace

UAE is safer for Jews than Britain, says Arab peace advocate

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery

By Natalie Lisbona

The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery

5 min read

Iran

US destroys six Iranian ships during ‘humanitarian mission’ to reopen Strait of Hormuz

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Israeli soldiers stand near an Iron Dome battery near the border with the Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024 (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Katz

The real story of the Iran war: the strengthening of the Israel-Gulf alliance

3 min read

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Israel sent Iron Dome to UAE during Iran War

The world-renowned air defence technology was dispatched to the Emirates in a sign of closer security relations between the two regional powers

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

April 27, 2026 12:13

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, on April 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

UAE shuts down ‘Iran-backed terror network’ after Gulf strikes

Emirati authorities said the group was posing as a commercial business and that its members have been arrested

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 20, 2026 12:14

A smoke plume rises from a fire near Dubai International Airport following an Iranian strike on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Najwa AlSaeed

Amid Iran’s missile barrage, UAE emerges as pillar of new Middle East order

Western and Israeli strategists need to realise that the myth of a monolithic “Sunni bloc” opposing Tehran never matched reality. After this war, it is positively dangerous to believe in it

6 min read

March 11, 2026 09:53

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, visiting victims injured in Iranian strikes (Image: X)

Israel in talks with Gulf states after Iran strikes civilian areas

The UAE has already announced it is closing its embassy in Tehran, while Saudi Arabia said it was open to ‘responding to the aggression’ to the Islamic Republic’s attacks

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 2, 2026 14:26