The Hell We’ve Unleashed on Yemen

Mashal Hashem and James Allen / TomDispatch May 16, 2019 U.S. defense contractors and their lobbyists use a business model that counts innocent Yemenis' deaths as the cost of doing business. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Middle East Autocrats Bought Our Think Tanks Long Ago

Ben Freeman / TomDispatch Feb 24, 2019 The foreign funding of think tanks is a vital part of the way other governments try to influence policy in this country. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Abu Dhabi Arms Fair Opens Amid Yemen War Carnage

JON GAMBRELL / The Associated Press Feb 17, 2019 The United Arab Emirates ink $1.3 billion in weapon deals as U.S. officials say arms smuggling is fueling a conflict that has killed 60,000. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Yemen Remains on the Verge of a Large-Scale Famine

By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Dec 17, 2018 The U.N. and the U.S. Senate weigh in, but will their actions be enough to bring peace? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Why Is the U.S. Helping Saudis Kill Children in Yemen?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Aug 20, 2018 The Saudi and United Arab Emirates' war on Yemen, which was launched by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in March 2015, has flown under the radar among the U.S. public until a recent bombing. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

U.S.-Saudi Coalition Paid al-Qaida to Stop Fighting, Report Reveals

MAGGIE MICHAEL, TRISH WILSON and LEE KEATH / The Associated Press Aug 8, 2018 Such deals have allowed militants to survive to fight another day—and risk strengthening the most dangerous branch of the terror network, one that carried out the 9/11 attacks. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Did Tillerson Lose His Job for Stopping a Saudi Invasion of Qatar?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Aug 2, 2018 A report in The Intercept suggests he was ousted as secretary of state because of the sway the United Arab Emirates ambassador in Washington, D.C., has over Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Drawings Expose Sexual Torture in UAE-Run Prisons in Yemen

MAGGIE MICHAEL / The Associated Press Jun 20, 2018 Detainees smuggled letters and drawings to The Associated Press, which has documented rampant sexual abuse in at least five prisons. A Pentagon spokesman says the U.S. has seen no evidence of such abuse. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How the Saudis Took Trump for a Ride

Ben Freeman and William D. Hartung / TomDispatch May 13, 2018 The president's uncritical embrace of reckless, extreme and undemocratic regimes has far-reaching implications for the future of American foreign policy in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A Glimpse at Ties Between Israelis and Arabs

JOSH LEDERMAN / The Associated Press May 12, 2018 A recent unexpected and informal meeting at a Washington, D.C., restaurant casts light on budding cooperation as the Jewish state and Gulf nations find common cause against Iran. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mueller Probe Witness Secretly Backed UAE Agenda in Congress

DESMOND BUTLER, TOM LoBIANCO and BRADLEY KLAPPER / The Associated Press Mar 26, 2018 A top Trump campaign fundraiser received millions of dollars from the United Arab Emirates just weeks before he began handing out large donations to U.S. lawmakers. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

China Inks $1.18 Billion Oil Deal With United Arab Emirates

The Associated Press Mar 21, 2018 The agreement between the two state-run national petroleum companies involves two oil and natural gas concessions in Abu Dhabi. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )