The United States should signal to the United Arab Emirates that Washington will neither intercede nor interfere if Emirati marines wish to seize Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tonb Islands.

Iran has cited a 19th-century British map as part of its dispute with the United Arab Emirates over a number of Gulf islands.. Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb sit at the entrance to the ...

"The Iranian strike on the American base in Qatar demonstrated how beholden the Gulf Arabs are to the United States." ...

The islands located near the Strait of Hormuz, a globally vital shipping lane, have been disputed between the United Arab Emirates and Iran for decades Accessibility links Skip to main content ...

Arab governments, especially in the gulf, had once taken a hawkish line toward Iran but now worry U.S. strikes could upend ...

When Israel assassinated a number of senior Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists on June 13, there was an initial euphoria among some ru ...

Iran conducted missile attack on the US military air base in Qatar. Tehran's shocking move has evoked sharp reactions from major Gulf countries Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia. Has Iran played into the hands ...

President Trump, who weeks ago rebuked America’s misadventures in the Middle East, appears to be on the cusp of his own ...

News about United Arab Emirates, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The Ministerial Council condemned the Iranian military maneuvers involving the three occupied islands of the United Arab Emirates—Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa—and the territorial waters, ...

It is important to note that Iran has had control over these three Gulf islands since 1971. However, there has been a dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over these islands.

But Iran gets a vote on whether that time has indeed come, and its leaders are instead vowing “everlasting consequences.” ...