DUBAI: The UAE on Saturday referred 84 defendants for trial on charges of establishing an illegal organization to commit acts of violence and terrorism in the country, the state-run news agency WAM reported.
In a statement, the country’s attorney general, Hamad Al-Shamsi, said: “84 defendants, mostly members of the terrorist organization of Muslim Brotherhood in the United Arab Emirates, face charges of establishing another secret organization to commit acts of violence and terrorism on state territory.”
The statement did not name the suspects.
TEHRAN: The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vowed on Saturday to reach “the enemy” far and near as tensions soar on key shipping routes where Tehran’s allies have been attacking vessels.
“Today, we are facing an all-out battle with the enemy,” said Guards commander Hossein Salami at a ceremony in the southern Gulf port city of Bandar Abbas, where the Guards’ navy unveiled a new ship named “Abu Mahdi” and 100 missile launchers.
SANAA: Thousands rallied in support of Gaza in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa on Friday, chanting anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans.
The Houthis have launched more than 20 attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea in recent weeks, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in the face of Israel’s war on Hamas.
Since the outbreak of the war on October 7, the Iran-backed rebels have organized weekly protests in Sanaa but Friday’s demonstration was the “largest” so far, spokesman Mohammad Abdel Salam said.