The Yemeni government on Sunday decried the deployment of Emirati troops on the strategic island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea.   In a statement cited by the official Saba news agency, the government said the difference between it and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) “revolves...

Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Dubai authorities to reveal the whereabouts of a princess and daughter of the ruler, saying her case could constitute "enforced disappearance". In a March video, 32-year-old Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum announced she was fleeing...

A team of elite U.S. Green Beret commandos deployed to the Saudi Arabian border of Yemen last year to help find and destroy Houthi rebel missile caches, the New York Times reported Thursday. Since Yemen's brutal conflict erupted three years ago, Houthi rebels have fired multiple...

Saudi Arabia has confirmed the arrival of a prisoner who was sent back to the kingdom from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to serve out the remainder of his 13-year sentence. Ahmad Mohammad al-Darbi is the first detainee to leave the U.S. base in Cuba since President Donald Trump...