Illustrative image. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)
The United Arab Emirates made an unsuccessful attempt to persuade fellow Gulf states to join a coordinated attack on Iran shortly after the start of the American-Israeli war on Islamic Republic, Bloomberg reported on May 15.
According to the news site, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed spoke over the phone with other leaders in the region, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, arguing for a collective campaign. However, all the leaders refused.
The attempt may explain the rift between UAE and fellow Gulf states, as well as the Emirates’ latest decision to leave the OPEC cartel.
Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg also confirmed earlier reports by Reuters that Saudi Arabia struck Iran amid the war, but pivoted shortly thereafter to supporting Pakistani-led mediation efforts. The UAE was reportedly upset that it was not invited to play more of a role in that process.
Qatar, from its side, mulled retaliating after Iran hit its Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas plant — the largest in the world — but opted not to, according to the report.
The report also revealed that United States President Donald Trump’s administration was aware of the UAE’s effort to set up a joint military response, and wanted Saudi Arabia and Qatar to join.
The UAE ended up attacking a major Iranian petrochemical site on Lavan Island shortly after the ceasefire between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic entered into effect. The attack was reportedly coordinated with Israel.
Earlier in the week, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that he had visited the United Arab Emirates and met with Mohammed bin Zayed amid the war. Abu Dhabi denied that the visit took place.
Prior to the announcement, the Wall Street Journal reported that chief of the Israeli Mossad spy agency David Barnea visited the UAE twice during the war. And more recently it was reported by Israel’s Kan public broadcaster that Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir also visited the Gulf state, and even met with Mohammed bin Zayed.
Also amid the war, Israel sent an Iron Dome air defense system and troops to operate it to the UAE, according to several reports. One of the reports, released by the Financial Times, said that an Iron Beam laser and surveillance systems were also sent to the Gulf state.
It is clear that the war on Iran has pushed the UAE away from the rest of the Gulf, and closer to Israel. This was a major gain for the latter.
All recent reports have increased tensions between the UAE and Iran, which made several serious threats to the Gulf state. If the war resumes, which is very likely, the Islamic Republic will likely hit the UAE harder than before. How the rest of the Gulf would respond is hard to predict.
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pig bush killed the hero ahmad shah massoud. pig putler killed utkin and prigozhin. no one wrote that dump wanted to kill xi jinping and that the chinese pushed the assassin back into dump’s plane at the airport.
iran was already destroyed when putler betrayed syria in kazan in 2024 during the brics.
actions and deceptions upon named enemies come from any many proxy states available. yet, i doubt the globalist plan will succeed. the decline of the us empire seems certain by ignorant over extension when diplomacy would be more profitable long term . the wealthy power seekers are not smart, just rich enough to be fools
the usa will collapse but the jewish parasite will move on to china and russia. they want the west destroyed as they already control the east ever since communism took over. and vrry few are aware of the facts as they all ready mrderd anyone jew aware there by the millions
israel is moving towards full military production independence and not russia or china will do anything as the jewish influence there keeps them from doing anything against the zionist psychopaths
i doubt many arabs and muslims world wide will support the uae its masks off for these jew controlled crypto jew regimes. they will cease to exist the moment they join forces with israel directly. even saddam hussein predicted this correctly in the 90s and he was on the ball that they were already taken over by israel. the uae and kuwait will cease to exist. the ages of the shabbosgoy sheikhs is over