UAE’s newly elected ruler sees Iran, Islamists as threat to Gulf safe haven

DUBAI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was formally elected president on Saturday, led a realignment of the Middle East that created a new…

Syria’s Assad visits UAE, first trip to Arab state since war began

DUBAI (Reuters) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited the United Arab Emirates on Friday in his first visit to an Arab state since the Syrian war began in 2011, underlining warming…