The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, pursuing a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state amid its ongoing war with the United States and Israel, four sources told the Reuters news agency.

The exclusive report on the move coincided with the final stages of broader negotiations between Tehran and Washington to end the war. Diplomats say those talks involve the release of tens of billions of dollars in Iranian oil revenues frozen in foreign banks under US sanctions.

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The two Western-aligned nations have long condemned Tehran’s aggression in the Middle East, and have denied taking part in active conflict.

But it emerged yesterday that both carried out separate attacks in March and April.

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The UAE’s decision had been rumored as a possibility for some time, as it pushed back in recent years against OPEC production quotas it felt had been too low — meaning it wasn’t able to sell as much oil to the world as it had wanted.

“Having invested heavily in expanding energy production capacity in recent years, the bigger picture is that the UAE has been itching to pump more oil,” Capital Economics wrote in an analysis. “The ties binding OPEC members together have loosened,” it said, particularly after Qatar withdrew from the cartel in 2019.

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Greetings from Tyler,

All the network news is dead set against our President. They’ve worked overtime trying to engineer some crisis. Latest is the gift from Qatar. It’s a beautiful 747 and you’d think that the President was accepting it on his own behalf. It’s a 747 with all the bells and whistles that anybody could want. The mainstream is trying to pretend it was a gift to you know who, and he very deftly rammed that question down the reporter’s throat when she asked it in such a way to pretend like it was a bribe. She instantly regretted it, at least I hope she did.

I watched the president’s visit to Saudi Arabia, and he was welcomed in a way that you don’t see every day. The Benny show played the Biden visit, where Biden had to drive an hour to visit the Royal Family, and then they fist-bumped. In this instance, the entire Royal entourage came to the airport to greet the President. They took him through some hall of progress, where they’re trying out new innovations, and then to the hall to speak.

He lifted sanctions on Syria. It may have something to do with the fact that Bashir Assad fled Syria no doubt taking vast sums with him. Anyway, he’s gone just in time. We’ve heard about all the shipping trouble in the Red Sea, and the Houthis were responsible. There are no reporters on the ground, but our jets responded, and now they want to make peace. Imagine that!

President Trump alluded to our weapons capability in his speech, and said nobody wants to be the first to find out. He praised the King and his deputy and said the place has changed since he was last there. They toured him around their opulent displays and he took it in.  Then he was introduced for his speech. He had a veritable posse with him, some of the richest, smartest guys on earth. You’ve seen a Trump speech before, and this was just as confident as you remember.

He dropped the bombshell about Syria. Says that sanctions would keep them from achieving what’s possible, so he’s dropping them. Keeping this Holy War going is a fool’s errand. We knew that long ago, but…insanity you know, fed down through generations. It’s a family tradition to hate the Jews, and want to annihilate them. I doubt Trump can stamp out the hatreds that have been handed down since Biblical times. He’s prying Syria away from Iran.

Putin is playing hardball on Ukraine. Maybe Trump can convince everybody that it’s in their best interest to stop the killing. Meanwhile the war drags on. Zelensky acts like Russia is going to threaten us and the world if he doesn’t get what he wants. Maybe you’ve got a different take on Zelensky, but I don’t think he’s on the up and up. Maybe I’ll be proven wrong, but he’s gone all over the world begging for money and weapons.  He better be careful. He’s just about worn out his welcome.

I think we’ve got a completely different situation on our hands and the sooner everybody realizes it the better. We’ve suffered through a lot of financial peril in our lives. With any luck that’s over. We’ve got a champion leading the United States, and if that isn’t an answer to prayer, I don’t know what to tell you.

Mark

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On Monday, Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a statement calling for a “a peaceful solution” to the dispute over the Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs islands “in accordance with international law.”

Iran on Wednesday summoned Russia’s ambassador in Tehran, Alexey Dedov, after a statement Moscow made in favor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and against Iran’s claim to the contested three islands.

On Monday, Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a statement calling for a “a peaceful solution” to the dispute over the Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs islands “in accordance with international law.” The statement followed a daylong meeting that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hosted in Moscow. Iran then summoned the ambassador to voice its “objections on the content of the statement,” Agence France-Presse reported.

The dispute over the Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunbs islands dates back decades. Iran seized control of the islands on Nov. 30, 1971 — just two days before the UAE became a country. The UAE claims sovereignty over the islands, but Iran still administers them and has repeatedly defended its claim.

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Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/07/iran-summons-russias-ambassador-over-uae-islands-dispute#ixzz87Gfaiy8o

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Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a comprehensive free trade agreement Tuesday morning, the first time the Jewish state has signed such a deal with an Arab country.

Israeli Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbiva signed the deal with the UAE Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq al Marri.

The deal marks the culmination of months of negotiations to hammer out the details of the comprehensive agreement, which will eliminate tariffs on 96% of trade goods and streamlines regulations for trade between the two countries.

Israeli ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Amir Hayek, tweeted Tuesday morning that the deal was “Done”, after earlier writing that the agreement would be signed within the hour.

Tuesday’s agreement is the UAE’s second free trade deal, the first being signed with India in February.

Source: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328509

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