| The National‘s newsroom in Abu Dhabi. 24 Aug 2018
ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi called for attacks in the West in a purported new audio recording released via Telegram on the Eid Al Adha holiday. It is the first apparent recording of the leader to be released since September last year and comes in the wake of major territorial losses for the group in Iraq and Syria.
Dr Anwar Gargash criticised Qatar yesterday following Israeli reports of a secret meeting in Cyprus between top officials from Doha and Tel Aviv. In a strongly worded statement, the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs said Qatar had contradicted itself by spreading “rumours” that its neighbours were normalising relations with Israel while it has had direct contact with officials in Tel Aviv.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) is considering extending its campaign to PepsiCo after it announced the billion-dollar purchase of Israeli drinks company SodaStream. We examine why Sodastream and the Middle East don’t mix. |