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United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is betting that the Dubai World Cup will enrich the UAE's fortunes amid an economic downturn. (Associated Press)

Sheikh Mohammed rides Dubai World Cup horse race to sell UAE image

By Dan Boylan - Special to The Washington Times

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (right) quickly put together a coalition last week to raid Yemen by air and position forces for an incursion by land. The regime has told President Obama that it simply will not tolerate an Iranian puppet state on its border. (Associated Press)

Arab allies wage war in Yemen with U.S. weapons, without American leadership

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at Diriya Farm, on Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Diriya, Saudi Arabia. Kerry planned to meet with Arab Gulf state allies in Riyadh Thursday before sitting down with the foreign ministers of France, Britain, and Germany in Paris on Saturday to share the state of the Iran nuclear negotiations. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Saudi Arabia becomes world’s biggest defense importer

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Summit, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at the State Department in Washington. The White House is conveying a three-day summit to bring together local, federal, and international leaders to discuss steps the US and its partners can take to develop community-oriented approaches to counter extremist ideologies that radicalize, recruit and incite to violence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

FRANK GAFFNEY: U.S., UAE disagree on who terrorists are

By Kyle Shideler

In this Feb. 12, 2015, photo provided by Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), center right, receives Prince Charles at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, UAE. (AP Photo/Ryan Carter, Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi)

UAE to West allies: We need more weapons for Islamic State fight

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Jordanians chant slogans to show their support for the government against terror as they were waiting for Jordan's King Abdullah II, returning from the U.S., at Queen Alia Airport in Amman, Wednesday. King Abdullah II rushed home Wednesday, cutting short a U.S. trip, to rally public support for even tougher strikes against the Islamic State group after the militants released a video showing the captured Jordanian pilot being burned to death in a cage. (Associated Press)

Jordan pilot Islamic State execution video triggers Sunni outrage throughout Middle East

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan checks his phone during the 10th International Institute for the Strategic Studies in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

United Arab Emirates suspends airstrikes against Islamic State, asks U.S. for better rescue plans

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

From left to right, Richard Doidge Managing Director of Maersk Oil Middle East, Suhail bin Mohammed al-Mazroui, UAE Oil Minister and Fouad Siniora former Lebanese Prime Minister take part in the 6th Gulf Intelligence UAE Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

UAE energy minister: No change in OPEC policy amid oil slide

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 photo, Dr. Luiz Toledo, one of the world's most famous plastic surgeons in liposuction and the &quot;Brazilian butt lift,&quot; works in his office at the Medical Arts Clinic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He closed his practice in Brazil and moved to Dubai in 2006 because he saw less competition in the Gulf and an opportunity to keep quality and prices up. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Dubai cuts profile as Mideast plastic surgery hub

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

King Abdullah II of Jordan (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jordan arrests Muslim Brotherhood official for criticizing UAE

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this file photo released Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, by the official Saudi Press Agency, Saudi pilots sits in the cockpit of a fighter jet as part of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Islamic State militants and other targets in Syria. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency, File)

Egypt, Gulf Arab allies eye anti-militant alliance

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 photo, Italian plastic surgeon Roberto Viel gives Italian Irina Tzoneva, a 41-year-old restaurant manager, a treatment at London Centre for Aesthetic Surgery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai, the emirate known for its celebration of over-the-top glamour and luxury, is racing ahead to dominate the Middle East's plastic surgery market with plans to attract half a million medical tourists in six years. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Dubai cuts profile as Mideast plastic surgery hub

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

A fire truck drives towards smoke caused by an attack by Islamist militias during clashes with forces led by renegade Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Islamist militias fought Wednesday with forces loyal to Hifter, who vows to seize the eastern city of Benghazi, as a top militia commander accused Egypt of bombing his positions with warplanes. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Sheikhy)

Egypt’s foray into Libya underlines its concerns

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and OMAR ALMOSMARI - Associated Press

A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) is unloaded from a C-5 Galaxy on Sept. 25, 2008 at an air base in Southwest Asia. (Image: U.S. Air Force)

UAE eyes $2.5B MRAP deal with Pentagon: ‘The Emiratis are gearing up. Iran. The caliphate’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama embraces Vice President Joe Biden, right, before signing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, bipartisan job-training legislation which aims to help job seekers gain valuable employment skills, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Obama still has confidence in Biden despite gaffes: White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden dons a Joplin High School baseball cap during a dedication ceremony for a combined high school and vocational school that replaces one destroyed by a deadly tornado more than three years ago, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in Joplin, Mo. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Laurie Sisk)

Joe Biden apologizes for blaming Turkey, UAE for Islamic State

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shakes hands with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed before a meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Sunni Muslims remain wary of military cooperation with U.S.

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

(Associated Press/File)

U.S. technology transfer paves way for UAE-France spy satellites deal

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times