Middle East Experience

Over the weekend, the IDF dismantled Hamas's infrastructure, eliminating over 40 terrorists and striking 1,400 targets.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF kills over 150 Hamas terrorists throughout weekend operations

The Dubai real estate sector saw $4.9bn of transactions and 4,662 sales last week
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai real estate sector recorded .9bn of transactions last week, including m Palm Jumeirah apartment

The fate of a US-Israeli hostage who Hamas said had featured in an Israeli truce proposal remains unknown, the group said on Saturday, separately releasing a video of another captive alive.The body of a guard assigned to the American-Israeli, Edan Alexander, had been recovered from the site of a recent Israeli strike, Hamas's armed wing the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement."But the fate of the prisoner and the rest of the captors remains unknown," the militants said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hamas armed wing says fate of US-Israeli captive unknown

Riyadh Air cabin reveal shows off luxury interiors on new Saudi airline
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: First look at Riyadh Air cabin interiors; seating plans, plane layouts, screen sizes and luxury seating revealed

Qatar's chief negotiator voiced frustration over talks for a truce in Gaza in an interview with AFP, a month after Israel resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory and another round of negotiations ended without a deal."We're definitely frustrated by the slowness, sometimes, of the process in the negotiation. This is an urgent matter. There are lives at stake here if this military operation continues day by day," Mohammed Al-Khulaifi said on Friday.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Qatar's chief negotiator says 'frustrated' by pace of Gaza talks

DIFC Heights Tower sells out in days as investors snap up homes in Dubai financial district
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai real estate: 366 DIFC Heights homes sell out in just days

At first glance, there is nothing unusual about the bulky bulldozer turning up soil at a testing site in central Israel, but as it pulled closer it became clear: the driver's cabin is eerily empty.This is the Robdozer, a fortified engineering vehicle manned remotely, and in this case operated from a military expo halfway across the globe in Alabama.Army engineers and military experts say that the Robdozer -- the robotic version of Caterpillar's D9 bulldozer -- is the future of automated combat.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel's unmanned bulldozers breaking ground in Gaza war

RTA set to begin trial of 50 self-driving taxis in Dubai
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai to launch self-driving taxi trials before expanding fleet to 1,000 vehicles

UAE foreign trade has seen massive 49 per cent increase since 2021
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: UAE foreign trade hits .42tn in 2024 as goods and services boom

The United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, a World Health Organization official said Sunday, also warning against withdrawing from the UN agency.Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has effectively frozen foreign aid funding, moved to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and other programmes, and announced plans to leave the WHO.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: US aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO