Gulf Pulse

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2nd L), UAE Prime Minister and Vice President and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (2nd R) and Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (R) attend the opening ceremony of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 19, 2017. (photo by REUTERS/Stringer) One of the targets of the so-called “Muslim ban” signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 27 was Sudan.

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sits in his office beneath a portrait of his late father Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq el-Sadr in Najaf, Iraq, May 2, 2003. (photo by GETTY/Mario Tama) On Aug. 13, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) flew in Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to meet with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at al-Shati palace in the Emirati capital.

An official from Kuwait's Interior Ministry puts up a poster on July 20, 2017, in Kuwait City of fugitives convicted of belonging to a cell accused of plotting attacks in the country; the cell reportedly was formed and trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. (photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images) On July 20, Kuwait expelled Iran’s ambassador and 14 other Iranian diplomats and ordered the shutdown of Tehran’s cultural and military missions in the oil-rich Persian Gulf country.