Latest "UAE" stories

Patriot missile sales to Netherlands cleared by US State Department

The State Department cleared a possible foreign military sale of 96 Raytheon-made Patriot surface-to-air missiles to the Netherlands in a deal estimated to be worth $1.2 billion.

8 months ago

US troops sheltered, fired Patriot missiles during Yemen Houthi attack on UAE

The acknowledgement by the White House and Pentagon late Monday represent a widening American involvement in Yemen’s yearslong war.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press and Howard Altman

14 months ago

UAE, US intercept Houthi missile attack targeting Abu Dhabi

The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

14 months ago

THAAD, in first operational use, destroys midrange ballistic missile in Houthi attack

The United Arab Emirates is the first to use the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System in an attack by Houthi militants. It successfully took out a mid-range ballistic missile aimed at a civilian site in the country.

By Jen Judson and Joe Gould

14 months ago

US, Israel and Gulf Arab allies launch joint Red Sea drill

The drill comes a little more than a year after the UAE and subsequently Bahrain normalized ties with Israel despite strong criticism by Palestinians over the formal recognition of Israel.

By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press

17 months ago

US, UAE troops launch major exercise Native Fury

The combined forces stormed an imaginary city, whose blocks of stand-alone houses, hotels and apartment complexes include an unfinished gas station with a sign for the fast-food chicken restaurant Popeyes on it.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

3 years ago