United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Iran Considers Tolls and Taxes on Shipping Through Strait of Hormuz

Iranian lawmaker Somayeh Rafiei told the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) on Thursday that her colleagues are considering a plan to impose tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has been blockading by launching wanton attacks on international shipping since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury.

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Somalia Falls Apart After Mogadishu Breaks with UAE

Somalia’s semi-autonomous regions of Puntland, Jubbaland, and Somaliland – the latter recently recognized as an independent country by Israel – have all broken with the central government in Mogadishu after it announced it was cutting ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Yemen Separatists Say Capture of Oil-Rich South Proves They Can Topple Houthis

The Southern Transitional Council (STC), the Yemeni separatist movement that abruptly abandoned its alliance with the deposed national government last month and began snapping up oil-rich territory in southern Yemen, is urging the United States to support them against the Iran-backed Houthi extremists who control the northern half of the country.

Armed Yemeni Houthis carry weapons and shout slogans while taking part in an armed protest