Police and Children It's a decade that February has become a holy month for the majority of the people in Bahrain and a horrible month for the throne in Manama.

Operating in the shadows, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan is one of the most influential figures in the United Arab Emirates.

Mohammad Bin Salman is known more for his ruthless character as the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia. An ambitious Crown Prince, he has purged the palace of his critics, thrown into prison political dissidents and waged a bloody war on Yemen, contributing to one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history.

Project HQ has now seemingly become an ultimatum to foreign companies that they either relocate their headquarters to Saudi Arabia, or they will miss lucrative government contracts.

In fact, the first visit to the UAE by an Israeli official was made by Mossad Chief to discuss “cooperation in the field of security and issues of common interest”.

As many countries tightened lockdowns on the eve of the New Year, Dubai opened its borders to flocks of tourists coming from across the world, branding itself as a sunny, quarantine-free escape hatch.

The United Arab Emirates is a desert land mushroomed with towering skyscrapers which have become the symbol of affluence and modernity Abu Dhabi is most proud of.

American alley In the summer of 2017, a grave crisis was already boiling in the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, stationed in one of the Persian Gulf countries, namely Bahrain.