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In this May 5, 2018 photo, a giant image of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, adorns a tower in Doha, Qatar. At a time when the U.S. hopes to exert maximum pressure on Iran, a regional bloc created by Gulf Arab countries to counter Tehran looks increasingly more divided ahead of the anniversary of the diplomatic crisis in Qatar. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Analysis: Qatar crisis widens fissures among US allies

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. In emails obtained by The Associated Press, George Nader claims he later met with Mohammed bin Salman, who by then had been elevated to crown prince, and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The princes, the president and the fortune seekers

By DESMOND BUTLER and TOM LoBIANCO - Associated Press

Former U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, talks during the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) fifth edition of the Commencement Exercises, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, May 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Kerry says civil discourse is under threat around the world

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Illustration on voicing the interests of American aviation workers by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

A voice for the American worker

By James H. Burnley IV

FILE - In this May 4, 2014 file photo, an Etihad Airways plane prepares to land at the Abu Dhabi airport in the United Arab Emirates. The United States and the United Arab Emirates have signed a deal resolving a years-old spat over alleged Emirati government subsidies to its airlines and accusations of unfair competition in the U.S. The deal was signed Friday in private at the State Department after months of negotiations. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

APNewsBreak: US, Emirates strike deal resolving airline spat

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Emiratis investigate joke video of baby government employee

Associated Press

Mohamed Khalifa al-Mubarak, the chairman of both Miral and Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism, second left, claps for a Bugs Bunny character during a news conference organized by the Warner Bros. World amusement park, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Abu Dhabi will open the $1 billion indoor amusement park this July, officials announced Wednesday, the latest offering in a crowded market in the United Arab Emirates where one marquee park already faces serious financial problems. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Abu Dhabi’s Warner Bros. indoor amusement park opens in July

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Somalia to halt UAE funding for troops as relations sour

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump extols Qatar on anti-terror, reversing past critique

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump praises Shiekh Al Thani for Qatar terror funding fight

By Jacob Wirtschafter — Special to The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, April, 3, 2018 photo, Muse Bihi Abdi, the President of Somaliland speaks to The Associated Press in Hergeisa, Somaliland, Somalia. The breakaway northern region of Somaliland declared its independence nearly three decades ago, but despite having its own currency, parliament and military the predominantly Muslim country hasn’t been recognized by any foreign government. Abdi is hoping to change that by aligning his country’s interests with energy-rich Gulf Arab states eager to expand their military footprint in the Horn of Africa. (AP Photo/Malak Harb)

AP Interview: Somaliland president defends UAE military deal

By MALAK HARB - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 1, 2018 file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during a ceremony celebrating the 99th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule, at Seodaemun Prison History Hall in Seoul, South Korea. Jae-in's visit to the United Arab Emirates this week shows the Asian nation's deepening cooperation with the Gulf country, from buying its oil, building the Arabian Peninsula's first nuclear power plant and potentially backing it in war. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)

South Korean president visits UAE amid deepening ties

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens during a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on May 3, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Qatar has damaging information on Jared Kushner: Report

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

A model of a Wing Loong II weaponized drone hangs above the stand for the China National Aero-Technology Import &amp; Export Corp. at a military drone conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. The United Arab Emirates on Sunday opened a stand-alone trade show featuring military drones called the Unmanned Systems Exhibition &amp; Conference, showing the power the weapons have across the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

At drone fair, Chinese show off armed model likely in UAE

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

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

In this Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, former U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at a forum sponsored by the George W. Bush Institute in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

George W. Bush says Russia meddled in 2016 U.S. election

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 photo, taken with a long exposure, employees walk into offices of the cybersecurity firm DarkMatter, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. DarkMatter, a growing cybersecurity company that’s recruited Western intelligence analysts, is slowly stepping out of the shadows amid activist concerns about its power. CEO Faisal al-Bannai says DarkMatter takes part in no hacking but acknowledges the firm’s close business ties to the Emirati government, as well as hiring former CIA and National Security Agency analysts. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

UAE cyber firm DarkMatter slowly steps out of the shadows

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

UAE gives Johns Hopkins $50M for new stroke care institute

Associated Press

Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, left, next to Qatar's Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, shakes hands with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, ‎at the State Department, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tillerson, Mattis praise Qatar despite ongoing rift with Saudis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Louvre Abu Dhabi reportedly replaces map missing Qatar

Associated Press