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Hormuz Standoff Escalates: US Military Aids Gulf Oil 'Shuttle' Exports, Iran Threatens UAE Digital Infrastructure
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has designated as strike targets the oil shuttle transport system established by US Central Command to help Gulf states export oil via a southern corridor through Omani waters. Senior Iranian security officials have threatened to attack US-linked data centers, submarine cables, and artificial intelligence facilities in the UAE and around the Strait of Hormuz. Disrupted transport and surging freight rates are passing the costs of the war on to consumers world
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsCutting Off the Bab el-Mandeb Supply Line: UAE-Backed Southern Giants Brigade Leads Yemen's Anti-Houthi Offensive
On October 5, the Southern Giants Brigade — armed, trained, and funded by the UAE — joined forces with units of Yemen's internationally recognized government to launch a large-scale offensive against the Houthis near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, severing the main road connecting the Red Sea port city of Mocha. The outcome reflects a temporary convergence of proxies backed by the two Gulf patrons, while further tearingering the already complex narrative between southern separatism and national unity
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsDubai Airline Attack Investigation Extends to Melbourne Mosque; Muslim Community Worried About Being Broadly Characterized
According to The New York Times, UAE investigators disclosed that the co-pilot accused of attacking the captain on a flight to Israel gradually became radicalized while studying in Australia, with the investigation's reach extending to a mosque in Melbourne, stirring concerns among the local Muslim community about being broadly characterized.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsUAE, via state media, links Melbourne mosque to foiled flydubai hijacking attempt; Australian imam denies ties, warns of due process failure
The UAE's attorney general last week, through state media, alleged that the MyCentre mosque in Broadmeadows, north Melbourne, was linked to a suspect accused of attacking a co-pilot with an axe aboard a flydubai flight over Saudi airspace. The mosque's imam, Samir Mohtadi, strongly denied knowing the suspect and criticized the UAE for failing to verify the claims with him first. Australia's opposition shadow home affairs minister promptly called for an urgent review of federal funding to the org
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsUAE Accuses Flydubai Attacker of Turning to Extremism While Studying in Australia; Australian Counter-Terrorism Agency Joins Investigation
The UAE Attorney General's Office says the 29-year-old first officer accused of attacking Flydubai flight FZ1073 on September 30 showed signs of radicalization as early as 2017 while studying in Australia, and Australia's Victoria Joint Counter-Terrorism Team is investigating. The UAE has also accused the attacker of attempting to crash the plane into Tel Aviv Airport, but this allegation currently rests solely on UAE official sources and has yet to be corroborated by independent evidence.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsUAE Prosecutors Charge Omani First Officer With Plot to Crash Aircraft Into Ben-Gurion International Airport; Security Screening at State-Owned Airline Completely Failed
On October 9, the UAE Attorney General said that Hamam al-Hammami, a 29-year-old Omani first officer on a flydubai flight, intended to seize control of the aircraft and crash it into the passenger terminal of Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, reportedly inspired by the September 11 attacks. Most of the 174 passengers on board were Israeli. The flight made an emergency landing at Saudi Arabia's Tabuk Airport after the first officer attacked the Indian captain with an emergency axe. Prose
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsUAE Qualifies Cabin Attack Attempt as 'Inspired by 9/11': Unilateral Confession, Political Framework and Unresolved Questions
The UAE Attorney General says the Flydubai first officer admitted he was inspired by 9/11 and single-handedly planned a suicide attack targeting Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Against the backdrop of UAE-Israel normalization, all narratives regarding motive and radicalization pathway come solely from the prosecution's unilateral statements; the suspect's identity, radicalization timeline and screening lapses lack independent verification.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsUAE Prosecutors Charge FlyDubai Co-Pilot with Attempted Strike on Ben-Gurion Airport; Official Designation Examined in Context of Bilateral Normalization
The Office of the UAE Attorney General has designated a FlyDubai flight co-pilot as an attacker inspired by the September 11 attacks who intended to strike Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport. Against the backdrop of ongoing normalization between the UAE and Israel, the political implications of this official designation extend beyond a single aviation security incident.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsAlgeria Formally Severs Ties with UAE: Tebboune Responds with 48-Hour Ultimatum to Years of 'Regional Interference' Accusations
Algeria announced on Thursday it was severing diplomatic relations with the UAE, ordering the Abu Dhabi ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours. President Tebboune has long publicly accused the UAE of fomenting instability in multiple regional countries and described the rupture as a long-overdue decision that 'should have happened long ago.'
Truth Era Newsroom · 32 viewsWhen Excise Tax Becomes an Engine of Crime: How Australia's Black Market Tobacco Uses the Hawala System to Funnel Profits to Dubai
According to ABC News, black market tobacco now accounts for 80 percent of all tobacco consumption in Australia, and a clandestine financial network exploiting the ancient Hawala remittance system is funneling tens of millions of Australian dollars in cash from money changers in Melbourne and Sydney to Dubai, where it is controlled from exile by the deported Iraqi crime boss Kazem Hamad. The federal excise tax that has pushed legal tobacco to among the highest prices in the world, chronically in
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsThree Years of War Reshape the Middle East Landscape: U.S. Security Architecture Collapses, Israel Becomes a Strategic Liability
A retrospective report by Al Jazeera on October 8 noted that three years of war have completely rewritten the Middle East landscape: the U.S. war against Iran shattered the security umbrella over its Gulf allies, while Israel's alleged genocidal war in Gaza and multi-front expansion have turned it into a strategic liability in Washington's eyes, with multiple countries seeking alternative guarantees through new mechanisms such as the Mecca Security Pact.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsNetanyahu threatens to sue Haaretz as opposition demands accountability over October 7 warning
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed lawyers to file a defamation suit against Haaretz after it reported that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed warned him before the October 7, 2023 attack that Hamas was planning a major operation. With Israel’s election weeks away, four opposition leaders have jointly demanded an investigation. Netanyahu’s office denies receiving any warning and calls the report part of a “sinister conspiracy.”
Truth Era Newsroom · 23 viewsTrump's naval blockade pushes Iran's economy toward collapse: retirees unpaid for five months, prices refresh by the hour
Since the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran in the Persian Gulf in April 2026, Iran has lost approximately 35% of its import-export trade, the annual inflation rate has soared to around 80%, food inflation has reached 130%, and at least 40% of the population has fallen into absolute poverty. In Tehran, retirees are selling off property, business owners are forced to lay off workers, and young people working four jobs still struggle to get by.
Truth Era Newsroom · 34 viewsSu-57E Flies Over Alamein: Russia, India, UAE and Turkey Share the Stage, Reflecting the Expansion of the Non-Western Defense Supply Landscape
The Second Egypt International Airshow opened at Alamein Airport, with Russia's Sukhoi Su-57E stealth fighter conducting a public flight demonstration, while Russia, India, the UAE and Turkey exhibited dual-use aerospace and defense products. The presence of multiple suppliers on the same platform is examined against the backdrop of continued Western sanctions on Russia and the forced reshaping of global arms supply channels, highlighting Egypt's strategic orientation as a non-Western arms trade
Truth Era Newsroom · 35 viewsNetanyahu threatens to sue Haaretz, denies UAE's early warning of October 7 attack
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced he would sue Haaretz and its journalists, accusing the newspaper's report—which claimed that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed had warned him of a Hamas attack ten days before the October 7, 2023 attack—of being 'fabricated' and 'false'. UAE officials chose not to comment. The dispute comes ahead of Israeli parliamentary elections, where Netanyahu trails in polls and faces a strong challenge from former military chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot.
Truth Era Newsroom · 32 viewsNetanyahu denies receiving UAE warning before October 7, threatens to sue Haaretz, refuses official accountability inquiry
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has forcefully denied a Haaretz report claiming he received a verbal warning from UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed ten days before the October 7, 2023 attack, calling it an "absolute lie" and threatening a defamation lawsuit against Haaretz. Haaretz has stood by its reporting. Meanwhile, Netanyahu has refused to launch an official government investigation into the attack, even as the death toll in Gaza continues to climb following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Truth Era Newsroom · 31 viewsUS-Iran Mutual Attacks on Merchant Ships Hit Six-Month War High; Hormuz Strait Traffic Plummets to One-Quarter of Pre-War Level
Iran claimed on Wednesday to have attacked 10 vessels near the Hormuz Strait in retaliation for the US sinking 5 Iranian oil tankers. Brent crude futures broke through $100 per barrel for the first time since July. Daily Strait traffic fell sharply from the pre-war 8-9 million barrels to about 2 million barrels. The US announced a standing policy of striking Iranian oil tankers to counter threats to US ships, with at least one crew member killed and retail diesel prices hitting a record high.
Truth Era Newsroom · 35 viewsU.S. Military's Sustained Strikes on Iranian Oil Tankers Reshape Gulf Landscape, Global Energy Lifelines Bear Chain Impacts
According to NPR, U.S. Central Command announced on September 8 that it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers near the Gulf of Oman and Iran's Kharg Island. Iran retaliated by attacking a U.S. Air Force base in Jordan. The conflict has pushed Brent crude prices back above $100 per barrel. Gulf Arab states, whose territory hosting U.S. forces has become a target of attack, are beginning to seek closer defense relationships with external powers. The Pentagon has not disclosed details of base dama
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