Photo The Taliban workplace in Doha Qatar. According to leaked emails and previous American officers the United Arab Emirates competed with Qatar to host the Taliban embassy. Credit Osama Faisal/Associated Press To the Editor: U.A.E. Competed With Qatar to Host Taliban Embassy Leaked Emails Show (information article Aug. 1) had handiest 1/2 the tale about how the Taliban got here to name Qatar their 2d domestic.At the encouragement of the USA the United Arab Emirates changed into prepared to host a Taliban presence in Abu Dhabi. But the U.A.E. Provide additionally had firm situations:First the Taliban should denounce Al Qaeda and its founder Osama bin Laden.Second the Taliban ought to understand the Afghan Constitution.Third the Taliban ought to surrender violence and lay down their guns.The Taliban refused all 3 conditions and the U.A.E. Withdrew its offer. True to shape Qatar imposed no restrictions and the Taliban eagerly installation save in Doha which remains the place s most energetic financing ideological and media hub for extremists.YOUSEF AL OTAIBA WASHINGTONThe creator is the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Washington. A model of this letter seems in print on August 10 2017 on Page A18 of the New York version with the headline: U.A.E. And the Taliban. Today s Paperanalyzing the principle story
There are two approaches of searching at the latest revelations that Tony Blair became being paid millions via the United Arab Emirates even as additionally operating as Middle East envoy. If you re being kind to our former high minister you would possibly take delivery of his assurances that there was no struggle of interest. You may accept that he didn t permit any courting with the Gulf nation affect his crucial paintings looking to remedy the Israel-Palestinian battle. For the sake of argument allow s be given that though many won t because of the extreme hatred of Iran inside the location landing the UAE honest and square on the facet of Israel. But what I am finding tough to just accept is the assertion that Blair didn t use the function as Quartet envoy to in addition his enterprise hobbies. It s indisputable that his globetrotting role seeking to solve the Israel-Palestinian crisis placed him at many tables with international leaders with whom he could do commercial enterprise with. World news in snap shots 100 display all World information in photos 1/100 14 August 2017 The Chattrapathi Shivaji Terminus railway station is lit within the colors of India s flag ahead of the country s Independence Day in Mumbai. Indian Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August and this 12 months marks 70 years since British India split into two international locations Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan and thousands and thousands were uprooted in certainly one of the most important mass migrations in records AFP/Getty 2/one hundred 13 August 2017 A demonstrator holds up a photo of Heather Heyer at some stage in an indication in front of City Hall for victims of the Charlottesville Virginia tragedy and towards racism in Los Angeles California USA. 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AFP 8/100 10 August 2017 Rocks from the collapsed wall of a lodge building cover a car after an earthquake outside Jiuzhaigou Sichuan province Reuters nine/100 9 August 2017 People in Seoul South Korea walk by a neighborhood information software with an image of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday 9 August. North Korea and the USA traded escalating threats with Mr Trump threatening Pyongyang with fire and fury like the global has by no means visible AP 10/a hundred 8 August 2017 A Maasai female waits in line to vote in Lele 130 km (eighty miles) south of Nairobi Kenya. Kenyans are going to the polls today to vote in a trendy election after a tightly-fought presidential race among incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta and essential competition leader Raila Odinga AP 11/a hundred 7 August 2017 Pro-government supporters march in Caracas Venezuela on 7 August Reuters 12/a hundred 6 August 2017 Children pray after freeing paper lanterns at the Motoyasu river dealing with the Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb sufferers at the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima western Japan. REUTERS 13/a hundred five August 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) accompanied via defence minister Sergei Shoigu gestures as he fishes inside the remote Tuva location in southern Siberia. AFP/Getty Images 14/a hundred 4 August 2017 A family claiming to be from Haiti drag their luggage over the USA-Canada border into Canada from Champlain New York U.S. August 3 2017. Reuters 15/a hundred 4 August 2017 A disabled man prepares to cast his vote at a polling station in Kigali Rwanda August four 2017 Reuters 16/one hundred 4 August 2017 ATTENTION EDITORS -People deliver the frame of Yawar Nissar a suspected militant who consistent with local media became killed in the course of a gun conflict with Indian safety forces at Herpora village in the course of his funeral in south Kashmir s Anantnag district August 4 2017. Reuters 17/a hundred four August 2017 A general
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Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame will close his electoral campaigning beforehand of the August 4 presidential elections which he's broadly expected to win giving him a third term in workplace AFP 21/a hundred 3rd August 2017 TOPSHOT - Migrants wait to be rescued by using the Aquarius rescue ship run by way of non-governmental organizations (NGO) SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) within the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautic miles from the Libyan coast on August 2 2017. AFP 22/100 2 August 2017 Two kids keep a placard picturing a plane as they take part in an illustration in imperative Athens out of doors the German embassy with others refugees and migrants to protest towards the issue of reunification of families in Germany on August 2 2017. AFP 23/100 2 August 2017 Flames erupt as clashes break out even as the Constituent Assembly election is being accomplished in Caracas Venezuela July 30 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Reuters 24/a hundred 2 August 2017 People within the village of Gabarpora carry the stays of Akeel Ahmad Bhat a civilian who according to local media died following clashes after militants have been killed in an come upon with Indian safety forces in Hakripora in south Kashmir s Pulwama district August 2 2017. REUTERS/Danish Ismail Reuters 25/one hundred 2 August 2017 - Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame gestures as he arrives for the closing rally of the presidential campaign in Kigali on August 2 2017 while supporters greet him. Rwandans move the polls on August four 2017 in a presidential election in which strongman Paul Kagame is extensively predicted to cruise to a third time period in workplace. AFP 26/100 30 July 2017 Soldiers of China s People s Liberation Army (PLA) get equipped for the military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the army at Zhurihe army training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China. REUTERS 27/a hundred 29 July 2017 Cyclists at the start of the primary stage of the Tour de Pologne biking race over 130km from Krakow s Main Market Square Poland EPA 28/one hundred 28 July 2017 Israeli border guards maintain watch as Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray out of doors Jerusalem s vintage town overlooking the Al-Aqsa mosque compound Ahmad Gharabli/AFP 29/a hundred 28 July 2017 A supporter of Pakistan s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif passes out after the Supreme Court s choice to disqualify Sharif in Lahore Reuters/Mohsin Raza 30/a hundred 27 July 2017 Australian law enforcement officials participate in a schooling scenario referred to as an Armed Offender/Emergency Exercise held at an international passenger terminal positioned on Sydney Harbour Reuters/David Gray 31/100 27 July 2017 North Korean squaddies watch the south facet as the United Nations Command officers go to after a commemorative rite for the 64th anniversary of the Korean armistice at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas Reuters/Jung Yeon-Je 32/a hundred 26 July 2017 Bangladeshi commuters use a rickshaw to move a flooded road amid heavy rainfall in Dhaka. Bangladesh is experiencing downpours following a melancholy forming in the Bay of Bengal. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP 33/100 26 July 2017 The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for the subsequent International Space Station (ISS) team of Paolo Nespoli of Italy Sergey Ryazanskiy of Russia and Randy Bresnik of the U.S. Is transported from an assembling hangar to the launchpad beforehand of its upcoming launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur Kazakhstan Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov 34/one hundred 25 July 2017 A protester shouts at U.S. President Donald Trump as he's eliminated from his rally with supporters in an arena in Youngstown Ohio Reuters 35/a hundred 23 July 2017 Indian supporters of Gorkhaland chant slogans tied with chains in the course of a protest march in capital New Delhi. Eastern India s hill inn of Darjeeling has been rattled at the height of visitor season after violent clashes broke out between police and hundreds of protesters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) a protracted-simmering separatist motion that has lengthy known as for a separate country for ethnic Gorkhas in West Bengal. The GJM needs a new separate country of Gorkhaland carved out of japanese West Bengal kingdom of which Darjeeling is part. Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images 36/100 23 July 2017 Demonstrators clash with riot security forces even as rallying in opposition to Venezuela s President Nicolas Maduro s government in Caracas Venezuela. The banner at the bridge reads It can be really worth it Reuters 37/a hundred 22 July 2017 The Heathcote river because it rises to excessive tiers in Christchurch New Zealand. Heavy rain throughout the South Island within the closing 24 hours has precipitated great damage and flooding with Dunedin Waitaki Timaru and the broader Otago area putting forward a state of emergency. Getty Images 38/100 22 July 2017 A mourner prays at a memorial at some stage in an event to commemorate the first anniversary of the capturing spree that 12 months ago left ten human beings lifeless consisting of the shooter in Munich Germany. One year in the past 18-12 months-antique student David S. Shot 9 human beings dead and injured four others at and near a McDonalds eating place and the Olympia Einkaufszentrum buying center. After a city-huge manhunt that caused mass panic and accidents David S. Shot himself in a park. According to police David S. Who had dual German and Iranian citizenship had a history of intellectual troubles. Getty 39/100 21 July 2017 Palestinians react following tear gasoline that become shot by Israeli forces after Friday prayer on a street outdoor Jerusalem s Old City Reuters/Ammar Awad forty/100 21 July 2017 Ousted former Thai high minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok Thailand Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha 41/a hundred 20 July 2017 Marek Suski of Law and Justice (PiS) (C) birthday party scuffles with Miroslaw Suchon (2d L) of Modern birthday party (.Nowoczesna) as Michal Szczerba of Civic Platform (PO) (L) celebration holds up a duplicate of the Polish Constitution throughout the parliamentary Commission on Justice and Human Rights voting at the competition s amendments to the bill that calls for an overhaul of the Supreme Court in Warsaw Reuters 42/100 20 July 2017 A firefighter stands near a grass fireplace as he prepares to guard a home from the Detwiler fireplace in Mariposa California Reuters 43/one hundred 19 July 2017 Michael Lindell CEO of My Pillow reacts as U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Made in America roundtable assembly inside the East Room of the White House Reuters 44/100 18 July 2017 Giant pandas lie beside ice blocks at Yangjiaping Zoo in Chongqing China. Yangjiaping Zoo provided large ice blocks for large pandas to help them take away summer time warmness Getty Images 45/a hundred 18 July 2017 People trip camels in the wilderness in Dunhuang China as level 10 of The Silkway Rally continues AFP/Getty Images 46/one hundred 18 July 2017 seventeenth FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest Hungary. 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The demonstration changed into prepared with the aid of Committee for the Defense of Democracy (KOD). Members and supporters of the KOD and opposition events protested against adjustments within the judicial regulation and the Supreme Court EPA fifty three/100 sixteen July 2017 People prepare to swim with a portrait of past due Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong on the bank of the Yangtze River in Yichang Hubei province China to have fun the 51st anniversary of Chairman Mao swimming in the Yangtze River. REUTERS 54/100 15 July 2017 A lady takes a selfie image with her cell telephone next to the statue of Omer Halisdemir in Istanbul in the front of a memorial with the names of humans killed ultimate year at some stage in the failed coup attempt . AFP/Getty Images fifty five/a hundred 14 july 2017 French President Emmanuel Macron gestures next to US President Donald Trump in the course of the annual
https://www.informationweek.com/profile.asp?piddl_userid=265946 Bastille Day army parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. AFP/Getty Images 56/a hundred thirteen July 2017 Philippine National Police leader Ronald Bato Dela Rosa holds an M60 device gun all through a Gun and Ammunition display at a mall in Mandaluyong metropolis metro Manila Philippines Reuters fifty seven/100 thirteen July 2017 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker embody before the EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev Ukraine Reuters fifty eight/a hundred thirteen July 2017 US President Donald Trump (R) and First Lady Melania Trump disembark shape Air Force One upon arrival at Paris Orly airport on July thirteen 2017 starting a 24-hour ride that coincides with France s country wide day and the one centesimal anniversary of US involvement in World War I Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images fifty nine/100 12 July 2017 Iraqis stroll on a broken avenue in west Mosul some days after the government s declaration of the liberation of the embattled metropolis from Islamic State (IS) group fighters Getty 60/one hundred 12 July 2017 Iraqi boys wash a car in west Mosul a few days after the authorities s statement of the liberation of the embattled town from Islamic State (IS) group warring parties Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images 61/one hundred 11 July 2017 Afghan policeman pour gas over jerry cans containing confiscated acetic acid before placing it alight at the outskirts of Herat. Some 15 000 liters of acetic acid regularly mixed with heroin have been destroyed by using counter narcotics police Hoshang Hashimi/AFP sixty two/100 10 July 2017 Police from the anti-terror squad participate in an anti-terror overall performance amongst Acehnese dancers in the course of a rite to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Indonesian police corps in Banda Aceh AFP/Getty Images 63/100 eleven July 2017 Residents stand amid the particles of their houses which had been torn down inside the evicted area of the Bukit Duri neighbourhood placed on the Ciliwung river banks in Jakarta Bay Ismoyo/AFP sixty four/100 eleven July 2017 Boys play cricket at a car parking zone as it rains in Chandigarh India Reuters/Ajay Verma 65/one hundred 10 July 2017 Turkey s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the twenty second World Petroleum Congress (WPC) in Istanbul AFP 66/one hundred 10 July 2017 New Mongolia s president Khaltmaa Battulga takes an oath during his inauguration rite in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Reuters 67/one hundred 10 July 2017 US military 1st Division US air force US Navy and US Marines march down the Champs Elysees with the Arc de Triomphe within the history in Paris all through a rehearsal of the yearly 14 july army parade AFP sixty eight/one hundred nine July 2017 Participants run beforehand of Puerto de San Lorenzo s preventing bulls during the third bull run of the San Fermin pageant in Pamplona northern Spain. Each day at 8:00 am masses of people race with six bulls charging alongside a winding 848.6-metre (extra than 1/2 a mile) course thru slim streets to the town s bull ring in which the animals are killed in a bullfight or corrida at some point of this festival immortalised in Ernest Hemingway s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises and relationship again to medieval times and also featuring non secular processions folk dancing concert events and round-the-clock ingesting. AFP/Getty Images sixty nine/one hundred 8 July 2017 Iraqi women who fled the fighting among government forces and Islamic State (IS) institution jihadists inside the Old City of Mosul cry as they stand within the city s western business district looking ahead to to be relocated AFP 70/one hundred 8 July 2017 US President Donald Trump arrives for any other running session in the course of the G20 summit in Hamburg northern Germany AFP/Getty Images 71/100 7 July 2017 People climb up on a roof to get a view for the duration of riots in Hamburg northern Germany in which leaders of the world s top economies accumulate for a G20 summit AFP/Getty Images 72/100 6 July 2017 Anti-capitalism activists protest in Hamburg where leaders of the world s pinnacle economies will acquire for a G20 summit. AFP/Getty 73/a hundred 7 July 2017 A military helicopter rescues humans trapped at the roof of the Ministry of Finance through an severe fireplace in San Salvador AFP/Getty Images seventy four/100 6 July 2017 Donald Trump arrives to supply a speech at Krasinski Square in Warsaw Poland. AP 75/one hundred 6 July 2017 A firefighter conducts rescue operations in an area broken by means of heavy rain in Asakura Japan. Reuters seventy six/one hundred 6 July 2017 Crowds gather for the begin of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona Spain. AFP 77/one hundred five July 2017 A member of the Iraqi protection forces runs along with his weapon all through a fight among Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants within the Old City of Mosul Iraq. 78/one hundred five July 2017 A U.S. MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile is fired in the course of the combined military exercising between the U.S. And South Korea in opposition to North Korea at an undisclosed place in South Korea A.P 79/100 4 July 2017 North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un appears on at some point of the take a look at-hearth of inter-continental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 Reuters 80/one hundred 4 July 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes arms together with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the course of a signing ceremony following the talks at the Kremlin Reuters eighty one/one hundred 3 July 2017 Belarussian servicemen march at some stage in a navy parade as a part of celebrations marking the Independence Day in Minsk Belarus Reuters 82/100 3 July 2017 Ambulance automobiles and fire engines are seen close to the site in which a instruct burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway close to Muenchberg Germany Reuters eighty three/a hundred 28 June 2017 An aerial view suggests ladies swimming within the Yenisei River on a hot summer day with the air temperature at approximately 32 tiers Celsius (89.6 degrees Fahrenheit) outside Krasnoyarsk Siberia Russia June 28 2017 Reuters eighty four/100 2 July 2017 Protesters demonstrating towards the approaching G20 financial summit experience boats on Inner Alster lake throughout a protest march in Hamburg Germany. 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http://www.cruisemates.com/forum/members/gdntqtgen.html June 2017 Investigators work on the scene of a automobile bomb explosion which killed Maxim Shapoval a high-ranking legitimate concerned in navy intelligence in Kiev Ukraine June 27 2017 Reuters 86/a hundred 1 July 2017 Protesters bring a large picture of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo as they march in the course of the once a year seasoned-democracy protest in Hong Kong. Thousands joined an annual protest march in Hong Kong hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his go to to the city by way of warning in opposition to demanding situations to Beijing s sovereignty. AP 87/100 30 June 2017 Jockey Andrea Coghe of Selva (Forest) parish rides his horse throughout the primary exercise for the Palio Horse Race in Siena Italy June 30 2017 Reuters 88/one hundred 30 June 2017 A guy takes photographs with a phone with a Union Flag casing after Chinese President Xi Jinping (no longer pictured) inspected troops on the People s Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison as part of occasions marking the twentieth anniversary of the town s handover from British to Chinese rule in Hong Kong China June 30 2017 Reuters 89/a hundred 29 June 2017 A protester against U.S. President Donald Trump s restrained journey ban accredited through the U.S. Supreme Court holds a sign subsequent to protesters supporting the ban in New York City U.S. June 29 2017 Reuters 90/a hundred 29 June 2017 Israeli Air Force Efroni T-6 Texan II planes perform at an air display at some point of the commencement of latest cadet pilots at Hatzerim base within the Negev desert close to the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva AFP/Getty Images 91/one hundred 28 June 2017 A woman gestures subsequent to people spraying insecticide on a automobile for the duration of a mosquito-control operation led by Ivory Coast s National Public and Health Institute in Bingerville close to Abidjan wherein numerous cases of dengue fever were suggested AFP/Getty Images ninety two/100 27 June 2017 A Libyan coast guardsman watches over as unlawful immigrants arrive to land in a dinghy all through
http://www.misterpoll.com/users/419890 the rescue of 147 people who tried to reach Europe off the coastal metropolis of Zawiyah 45 kilometres west of the capital Tripoli on June 27 2017. More than 8 000 migrants had been rescued in waters off Libya in the course of the past 48 hours in difficult climate situations Italy s coastguard stated on June 27 2017 AFP/Getty Images 93/a hundred 26 June 2017 A man leaves after vote casting within the Mongolian presidential election on the Erdene Sum Ger (Yurt) polling station in Tuul Valley. Mongolians solid ballots on June 26 to select among a horse breeder a judoka and a feng shui master in a presidential election rife with corruption scandals and nationalist rhetoric AFP/Getty Images ninety four/100 26 June 2017 People attend Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the cease of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a play ground within the suburb of Sale Morocco REUTERS ninety five/a hundred 25 June 2017 A plain-clothes police officer kicks a member of a group of LGBT rights activist as Turkish police save you them from going ahead with a Gay Pride annual parade on 25 June 2017 in Istanbul an afternoon after it changed into banned by way of the city governor s office. AFP/Getty Images ninety six/100 25 June 2017 Pakistan military soldiers stands protect whilst rescue workers have a look at the web page of an oil tanker explosion at a dual carriageway near Bahawalpur Pakistan. An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday killing more than one hundred people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to acquire leaking gasoline an respectable stated. AP 97/a hundred 24 June 2017 Rescue workers search for survivors on the web site of a landslide that happened in Xinmo Village Mao County Sichuan province China REUTERS 98/100 23 June 2017 Student activists shout anti martial regulation slogans throughout a protest in Manila on June 23 2017 AFP/Getty Images 99/one hundred 23 June 2017 A diver plays from the Pont Alexandre III bridge into the River Seine in Paris France June 23 2017 as Paris transforms into a large Olympic park to have fun International Olympic Days with a diffusion of sporting events for the general public throughout the metropolis in the course of two days because the town bids to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Reuters 100/a hundred 23 June 2017 Debris and smoke are seen after an OV-10 Bronco plane released a bomb in the course of an airstrike as government troops preserve their assault against insurgents from the Maute group who've taken over components of Marawi metropolis Philippines June 23 2017 Reuters So in line with this week s tale it s acknowledged that Blair often met the UAE overseas minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in his role as peace envoy. But at the equal time he was also being paid via a Korean oil organization in search of to do business with the UAE-owned International Petroleum Investment Company. Leaked emails talk of how very grateful Blair turned into that Sheikh Abdullah was able to get the 2 sides collectively and set up meetings. No doubt the Korean oil corporation involved UI Energy felt its big bills to Blair for his assist setting matters up turned into money properly spent. The primary thrust of the tale but is how Blair s workplace and Blair himself obtained tens of millions in consultancy charges from the UAE. There are also are claims that Foreign Office officials given to Blair to help him with his peace envoy role were diverted to paintings on his enterprise initiatives. One travelled to the UAE for a meeting with the pinnacle of the united states of america s sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi Khaldoon Al Mubarak. A year later Blair turned into employed to do paid advisory work for them. Tony Blair narrates hilarious tale concerning EU presidency the Italian PM and a dodgy tie Four years later in 2013 our former PM became having talks with the British authorities on behalf of the UAE whilst it was looking to relaxed offers within the UK really worth masses of tens of millions of pounds. The justification for those very massive monetary windfalls is that Blair become no longer being paid for his envoy position and needed to locate cash from someplace to pay for the big tour costs he and his office were jogging up. That s a lot of flights and motel expenditure when you bear in mind that in addition to the thousands and thousands he got from the sovereign wealth fund there has been 1.2m from Sheikh Abdullah s office in 2011 and 8m for the UAE foreign ministry for work in Colombia Vietnam and Mongolia. What about consultancy roles in different nations which we haven t been instructed approximately? We most effective recognize about the UAE handouts due to leaked emails seen by the Daily Telegraph. Should any similarly preparations now not be publicly declared in tons the identical way as an MP has to show what he or she is paid inside the Register for Members Financial Interests? Read extra Blair reveals he turned into a scholar Trot stimulated through the Bolshevik leader Chris Doyle of the Council for Arab-British Understanding said: If you examine the seven ideas of public lifestyles selflessness integrity objectivity accountability openness honesty and leadership it's miles tough to make a case that Tony Blair adhered to any of these while serving as Quartet envoy . The other player on this saga who doesn t come out too properly is the United Arab Emirates lining the envoy s pockets to pursue its own geopolitical and commercial goals when possibly it should have left him to pay attention at the process in hand. Is it any surprise that Blair s eight-12 months tenure as Quartet envoy is largely seen as ineffectual while so much else changed into going on? Anthony Harwood is a former foreign editor of the Daily Mail More about: Tony Blair UAE Qatar Foreign Office Reuse content
Four infantrymen from the United Arab Emirates had been killed in a helicopter crash in Yemen and another three Emirati troops had been injured consisting of a distinguished member of the Abu Dhabi royal family. The helicopter crash occurred on Friday in Shabwa a province that has visible US air moves goal al-Qaeda s local department Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in latest months. The UAE is part of an Arab coalition assembled by Saudi Arabia this is supporting Yemen government infantrymen warfare Houthi opponents and their allies in Yemen. A document in Abu Dhabi s The National newspaper stated: A member of the Abu Dhabi royal family is receiving clinical treatment after being injured whilst a UAE Armed Forces helicopter crashed in Yemen. Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan who has served within the Presidential Guard changed into harm alongside two others while the plane went down in Shabwa province. Four Emirati servicemen had been additionally killed. They were laid to rest on Saturday nighttime. At least ninety four Emirati infantrymen have died within the conflict since it began and a half years ago. The Saudi-led coalition started out its conflict in Yemen in March 2015 in opposition to the Iran-allied Houthis who hold the capital Sanaa.Source: Al Jazeera News Caroline Malone13 Aug 2017 17:02 GMT Middle East Yemen War
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