Syria has formally handed over operations of Tartus port, the second largest port in the country, to the logistics company DP World from the United Arab Emirates under a 30-year, $800-million concession.

The move shows a growing wedge and rivalry between two Arab monarchies of Persian Gulf region.

Sudan’s war is a proxy struggle driven by global powers exploiting its gold, ports, and geography—continuing colonial and imperial agendas while ordinary Africans suffer devastating consequences.

A top UAE official is connected to a company that recruits foreign mercenaries for Sudan’s RSF, an investigation says.

Manchester City owner and UAE vice president Sheikh Mansour is accused of enabling genocide in Sudan by funding the RSF militia, while using football success to whitewash the crimes.

Shocking massacres in El Fasher have exposed long-ignored genocide in Sudan, engineered by the UAE and Israel, with 150,000 killed and 12 million displaced in the past two years.

African affairs analyst Kribsoo Diallo says the world’s silence on the genocide in Sudan reflects Western hypocrisy, economic interests, and deep alliances with the UAE, which backs the RSF militants.

The Iranian government has designated November 30 as the national day for the Persian Gulf trio islands.

Calls mount in the US and Britain for a ban on weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates over the Persian Gulf country’s military support for a militia group involved in mass killings in Sudan’s Darfur region.

A new investigative report reveals that an Israeli firm has been using desalination deals as long-term leverage against Arab states of Persian Gulf region.