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At the moment the circumstances of his death at 73 years of age are not known. The emir of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, died today at the age of 73, without the circumstances of his death being known at the moment, the state news agency reported today. "The Ministry of Presidential Affairs conveys its condolences to the people of the United Arab Emirates and the Arab Muslim nations (...) for the leader of the nation His Highness Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, President of the State, who went to God on Friday, May 13," the department said in a statement released by WAM. The UAE's official news agency confirmed the death of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and said that 40 days of mourning had been declared for the president.  According to media reports, the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be accompanied by 40 days of mourning and a three-day public holiday during which the national flag will remain unfurl...

The United Arab Emirates says it has defused and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The UAE Ministry of Defense claimed from its Twitter account that a ballistic missile fired from the Yemeni province of Al-Jawaf on Sunday night was intercepted by its defense system in the air at 00:20 (local time). Local time) destroyed.  The UAE has also released a video of the successful missile destruction. According to the Ministry of Defense, there were no casualties in the Houthi attack and the remnants of the missile fell out of populated areas. The Houthi attack comes as Israeli President Isaac Herzog is in the United Arab Emirates on his first visit. The Israeli president arrived in the UAE on a two-day visit on Sunday and the missile was fired just hours after he arrived in the UAE. North Korea fires medium-range missile The United Arab Emirates is part of a Saudi coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen. In recent weeks, the Houthis have carried out several ...

The United Arab Emirates and U.S. officials say a missile strike by Houthi rebels on Monday struck the Al-Zafra military base in the state capital, Abu Dhabi, where about 2,000 U.S. troops are stationed. In addition to the UAE military operation, US-made Patriot missiles were also used to intercept. Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, said in a statement that U.S. forces fired several Patriot missiles in response to two missiles fired at al-Zafra military base, as well as UAE forces. No one was killed in the Houthi rebel attack on Monday, according to US and Emirati officials. The Houthi rebels fired missiles at the United Arab Emirates on Monday morning, after which the UAE Ministry of Defense first announced in a statement that it had destroyed the missiles and then claimed in a Twitter message. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a rally in the Yemeni province of Al-Jawaf. According to the Ministry of Defense, an F-16 fighter jet took part in the...

The United Arab Emirates says two ballistic missiles fired at its territory by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday morning have been destroyed and that no one was killed in the attack. The UAE is part of a Saudi-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels, and this is the second time in a few days that Houthi rebels have tried to target the UAE. The latest missiles were aimed at the state of Abu Dhabi, where three people, were killed in a January 17 drone strike on the port. Following the attack, a spokesman for the Houthi rebels warned that more attacks on the UAE were possible in the future. US to leave Ukraine Meanwhile, the Saudi-led military coalition said that a Sudanese and another Bengali citizen were wounded in a missile attack by Houthi rebels in southern Saudi Arabia on Sunday.  A spokesman for the Houthi rebels has claimed responsibility for the latest attacks in both countries, but did not provide further details, according to Reuters. It should be noted that the Saudi-l...

The long-running conflict in Yemen has intensified, with an air strike on a prison killing more than 100 people and wounding three children in another bombing. Foreign news agency 'AFP' Houthi rebels have released a gruesome video showing mutilated bodies buried in rubble after an attack on a prison, in which the prison building in the northern center of Saada completely collapsed Done.   PRAY FOR YEMEN 🙏 #YemenUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/orCmPgM0MI — Hasnain Ali Achoali (@HasnainAchoali) January 22, 2022 An organization called Safe the Children says an airstrike on a Saudi coalition forces' telecommunications facility in the southern coastal town of Hodeidah has killed three children, children were playing near the building, and the Internet is down across Yemen. IS attacks in Syria and Iraq Save the Children says the children were allegedly playing in a football field near the building when the attack took place. The attacks come as Houthi rebels enter a new phase of t...