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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Djibouti a U.S. partner

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a ship carrying Chinese military personnel departs a port in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. (Wu Dengfeng/Xinhua News Agency via AP) (credit) **FILE**

Djibouti’s president for life moves towards China, threatening U.S. security interests

By L. Todd Wood

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, center, the group chairman and CEO of Dubai-backed port operator DP World, speaks during a news conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 15, 2018. DP World announced Thursday that its profits rose by 7 percent to nearly $1.2 billion in 2017 as it expands in India, Brazil, the Horn of Africa and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

DP World profits reach $1.2 billion as port operator expands

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: A justified exercise of Djibouti’s rights

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Djibouti has seized control of the terminal run by DP World, the latest move in a long-running legal dispute between the East African nation and DP World over the facility. (Associated Press/File)

Djibouti, DP World in ‘crisis’ talks after port nationalization

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Djibouti has seized control of the terminal run by DP World, the latest move in a long-running legal dispute between the East African nation and DP World over the facility. (Associated Press/File)

Djibouti seizes control of DP World’s container terminal

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

China would consider sending troops for Djibouti-Eritrea

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

UN council urges Eritrea and Djibouti to end border dispute

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Eritrea says Qatar has not explained ‘hasty’ withdrawal

Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis boards a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster for a day trip to a U.S. military base in Djibouti from Doha, Qatar, Sunday, April 23, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon chief visits African nation home to key US base

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Monday April 17, 2017 photo, Confederation of African Football President Ahmad Ahmad, right, and Somali Sports Minister Khadija Mohamed Dirie, left, poses for a photo during a tour to a soccer stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia. Ahmad arrived in the Somali capital on Monday in a historic visit by the highest-ranking soccer leader to the long-chaotic horn of African nation. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

New African soccer boss open to Somalia hosting games again

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

Pentagon’s Mattis discussing war aims in Mideast this week

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Yemenis stuck in Africa by travel ban arrive in Los Angeles

By JAE HONG - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, Yemenis gather for a meeting with American lawyer Julie Goldberg, who is helping them with their cases, in Djibouti city, Djibouti. Hundreds of Yemenis with U.S. visas are stranded in the tiny African state of Djibouti because of President Donald Trump's ban on entry for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, lawyer Julie Goldberg said Wednesday. (Julie Goldberg via AP)

Judge orders halt to Trump’s ban for immigrant visa holders

By AMANDA LEE MYERS and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, May 19, 2015, photo, Ibrahim Mohamed, 80, and the oldest refugee at the center, who is both blind and deaf, adjusts his hat, at an orphanage that has been turned into a center for Yemeni refugees, in Obock, northern Djibouti. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Fleeing Yemen war, thousands stuck in Djibouti

By Mosa'ab Elshamy - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, meets with youth at Salman Mosque in Dijbouti, Dijbouti, Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Kerry said Wednesday he intends to discuss with Saudi Arabian officials how to implement a &quot;humanitarian pause&quot; in Yemen's civil war, citing increased shortages of food, fuel and medicine that are adding to a crisis that has already caused some thousands of people to flee to neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Kerry hopes to win pause in Yemen war as he heads to talks

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he departs Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to head to Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport, Djibouti, Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Nairobi, Kenya. Kerry will be meeting with top Djiboutian officials as well as touring a mosque with youth. Kerry is also visiting Sri Lanka, Somalia, France, and Saudi Arabia on his trip. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

John Kerry says he’ll discuss pause in Yemen war with Saudis

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, left, during a press availability before their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S., Djibouti reach 10-year security agreement

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan flies a combat sortie Jan. 7, 2014, over Northeast, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/not reviewed)

Air Force sees resource shift as U.S. exits Afghanistan, heads to Africa

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

PRICE: Readying outpost in Djibouti for ‘rapid response’

By John Price