Sultan bin Sulayem, Dubai’s ports chief, was removed from DP World in 2026 over ties to Jeffrey Epstein, revealing ethical, labor, and geopolitical controversies.

A Saudi-Turkish-Egyptian alignment is taking shape as an emerging axis, seeking to translate coordination into concrete action on the ground.

Somalia has canceled its security and ports deals with the UAE, accusing the Gulf state of violating its sovereignty by using the East African nation to extract a Yemeni separatist leader.

The clash between two of Washington’s central allies in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, has unsettled long-standing U.S. calculations that reduced the Yemeni crisis to the Houthi threat alone, a narrow security lens shared by "Israel" and focused largely on shipping lanes and strategic interests.

Attention is increasingly turning to the military base in the port city of Berbera, amid discussions about the Israeli Occupation's recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland.