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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-Islamic_State-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Expansion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Expansion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Expansion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Expansion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Industry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Industry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Industry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Industry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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hreflang="ar" data-title="القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="সংযুক্ত আরব আমিরাতের সামরিক বাহিনী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সংযুক্ত আরব আমিরাতের সামরিক বাহিনী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streitkr%C3%A4fte_der_Vereinigten_Arabischen_Emirate" title="Streitkräfte der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Streitkräfte der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerzas_Armadas_de_los_Emiratos_%C3%81rabes_Unidos" title="Fuerzas Armadas de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fuerzas Armadas de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="نیروهای مسلح امارات متحده عربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیروهای مسلح امارات متحده عربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forces_arm%C3%A9es_%C3%A9miriennes" title="Forces armées émiriennes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Forces armées émiriennes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%9E%8D%EC%97%90%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%AC%ED%8A%B8%EA%B5%B0" title="아랍에미리트군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아랍에미리트군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%97%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA" title="הכוחות המזוינים של איחוד האמירויות הערביות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הכוחות המזוינים של איחוד האמירויות הערביות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%97%E1%83%90_%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="არაბთა გაერთიანებული საამიროების შეიარაღებული ძალები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="არაბთა გაერთიანებული საამიროების შეიარაღებული ძალები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Az_Egyes%C3%BClt_Arab_Em%C3%ADrs%C3%A9gek_hadereje" title="Az Egyesült Arab Emírségek hadereje – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Az Egyesült Arab Emírségek hadereje" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96%E9%A6%96%E9%95%B7%E5%9B%BD%E9%80%A3%E9%82%A6%E8%BB%8D" title="アラブ首長国連邦軍 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アラブ首長国連邦軍" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_forente_arabiske_emiraters_forsvar" title="De forente arabiske emiraters forsvar – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="De forente arabiske emiraters forsvar" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/For%C3%A7as_Armadas_dos_Emirados_%C3%81rabes_Unidos" title="Forças Armadas dos Emirados Árabes Unidos – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Forças Armadas dos Emirados Árabes Unidos" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Вооружённые силы Объединённых Арабских Эмиратов – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вооружённые силы Объединённых Арабских Эмиратов" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcat_e_Armatosura_t%C3%AB_Emirateve_t%C3%AB_Bashkuara_Arabe" title="Forcat e Armatosura të Emirateve të Bashkuara Arabe – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Forcat e Armatosura të Emirateve të Bashkuara Arabe" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces" title="United Arab Emirates Armed Forces – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="United Arab Emirates Armed Forces" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li 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Guard<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mod.gov.ae/">Ministry of Defence</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="President of the United Arab Emirates">Commander-in-Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan">Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates">Prime Minister</a> &<br />Minister of Defence</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamdan_bin_Mohammed_Al_Maktoum" title="Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum">Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief of Staff</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lt_Gen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lt Gen">Lt Gen</a> Issa Al Mazrouei</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Vice Chief of Staff</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> Ahmed Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Military age</th><td class="infobox-data">18 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active personnel</th><td class="infobox-data">65,000<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">Reserve personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">130,000<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Expenditure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Budget</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>24.4 billion</span> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Percent of GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5.6%</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_acquisition" title="Military acquisition">Industry</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/EDGE_Group" title="EDGE Group">EDGE Group PJSC</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Military ranks of United Arab Emirates">Military ranks of United Arab Emirates</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>United Arab Emirates Armed Forces</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa li-Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah</i></span>) are the armed forces of the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>. They consist of the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Army" title="United Arab Emirates Army">UAE Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Navy" title="United Arab Emirates Navy">UAE Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">UAE Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Presidential_Guard" title="United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard">UAE Presidential Guard</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Joint_Aviation_Command&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Arab Emirates Joint Aviation Command (page does not exist)">UAE Joint Aviation Command</a>, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_National_Guard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Arab Emirates National Guard (page does not exist)">UAE National Guard</a>. </p><p>They are occasionally referred<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (November 2024)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> to as "Little Sparta", a nickname that was given by former United States Marine Corps General and Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mattis" title="Jim Mattis">James Mattis</a>, due to their active and effective military role and power projection in the surrounding region compared to their relative size.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_Defence_Force.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Union_Defence_Force.jpg/220px-Union_Defence_Force.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Union_Defence_Force.jpg/330px-Union_Defence_Force.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Union_Defence_Force.jpg/440px-Union_Defence_Force.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3480" data-file-height="4101" /></a><figcaption>A falcon was added to the original Trucial Oman Levies insignia to signify the union of the emirates and formation of a force.</figcaption></figure> <p>The United Arab Emirates military was formed from the <a href="/wiki/Trucial_Oman_Levies" class="mw-redirect" title="Trucial Oman Levies">Trucial Oman Levies</a> which was established on 11 May 1951 and was renamed the Trucial Oman Scouts in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Trucial Oman Scouts was turned over to the United Arab Emirates as the nucleus of its defense forces in 1971 with the formation of UAE and was absorbed into a united military called the Union Defence Force (UDF). The Union Defence Force was established officially as the military of the United Arab Emirates on 27 December 1971 from a directive issued by <a href="/wiki/Zayed_bin_Sultan_Al_Nahyan" title="Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan">Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GHQ_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GHQ-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the Union Defence Force, every emirate was responsible for the equipment and training of its defense forces. In the event of an attack on any one of the seven emirates, the Union Defence Force would be mobilized from every emirate to defend the emirate under attack. In 1974 the name was changed to the Federal Armed Forces. On 6 May 1976, the Federal Armed Forces were unified as a single body. May 6 is celebrated annually as the Military Union Day. As a result of the union of forces, the number of personnel formed a <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a> and were referred to as the Yarmouk Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-GHQ_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GHQ-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the union of the armed forces in 1976, the Yarmouk Brigade was officially renamed the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. In 1976 the official UAE Armed Forces insignia, uniform, military academies, air force, and naval force were established and the military General Headquarters (GHQ) was formed in Abu Dhabi.<sup id="cite_ref-GHQ_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GHQ-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UAE Armed Forces are equipped with weapon systems purchased from a variety of outside countries, including France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Some officers are graduates of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Royal Military Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sandhurst,_Berkshire" title="Sandhurst, Berkshire">Sandhurst</a>, with others having attended the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" title="West Point, New York">West Point</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_College,_Duntroon" title="Royal Military College, Duntroon">Royal Military College, Duntroon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_sp%C3%A9ciale_militaire_de_Saint-Cyr" title="École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr">St Cyr</a>, the military academy of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. </p><p>The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces participated in multiple conflicts, including the ones in the Middle East. From 1977-1979 the UAE Army contributed 750 men to the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Deterrent_Force" title="Arab Deterrent Force">Arab Deterrent Force</a> peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.<sup id="cite_ref-Yates_2020_329_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yates_2020_329-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 1990–1991, the Armed Forces participated in the first <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>. 10 UAE soldiers lost their lives in liberating Kuwait.<sup id="cite_ref-Yates_2020_329_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yates_2020_329-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UAE Armed Forces were deployed in Eastern Europe and joined NATO's <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">Kosovo Force</a> peacekeeping mission undertaking aid missions to thousands of fleeing refugees on the Albanian border. This was the first time the UAE troop's uniform was switched to the woodland camouflage compared to their home desert camouflage.<sup id="cite_ref-kfor_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kfor-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UAE Armed Forces participated in the peacekeeping mission in Somalia from 1993-94. The UAE Presidential Guards were deployed to maintain security in <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan" title="War in Afghanistan">War in Afghanistan</a> against the Taliban. In March 2011, UAE joined the enforcement of the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">no-fly-zone over Libya</a> by sending six <a href="/wiki/F-16" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16">F-16</a> and six <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_2000" title="Dassault Mirage 2000">Mirage 2000</a> <a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">multi-role fighter aircraft</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2015 joined the Saudi-led coalition intervention in Yemen by sending 30 UAEAF F16 Desert Falcons to Yemen. The intervention was followed by UAE ground troops deployment in Southern Yemen focusing on targeting "terrorist" cells such as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Islamic State. </p><p>UAE introduced a mandatory <a href="/wiki/Military_conscription" class="mw-redirect" title="Military conscription">military conscription</a> of 16 months for adult males in 2014 to expand its reserve force.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The date of the first death in the line of duty of a UAE soldier was on 30 November 1971 during the <a href="/wiki/Seizure_of_Abu_Musa_and_the_Greater_and_Lesser_Tunbs" title="Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs">Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs</a> which is celebrated annually as the <a href="/wiki/Commemoration_Day" title="Commemoration Day">Commemoration Day</a>. The largest loss of life in the history of the UAE military occurred on Friday 4 September 2015 when 52 soldiers were killed in <a href="/wiki/Ma%27rib" class="mw-redirect" title="Ma'rib">Marib</a> area of Yemen by a <a href="/wiki/OTR-21_Tochka" title="OTR-21 Tochka">Tochka</a> missile that targeted a weapons cache and caused an explosion.<sup id="cite_ref-:52_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:52-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Names of UAE soldiers who died in the line of duty are inscribed in the UAE Armed Forces memorial, the <a href="/wiki/Wahat_Al_Karama" title="Wahat Al Karama">Oasis of Dignity</a>, in Abu Dhabi. </p><p>The UAE outsourced<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (November 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> much of its military to foreign mercenaries and advisers. A report released in October 2022 revealed that several retired US military personnel work as military contractors or consultants for the UAE. The report obtained through the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)" title="Freedom of Information Act (United States)">Freedom of Information Act</a> revealed that in seven years nearly 280 American military veterans sought federal permission to work for the Emirates. Hundreds of US military veterans were also known to have been hired by the UAE government or state-owned firms. Experts claimed that the Emirati military was the Arab world's most powerful due to the influx of American veterans. UAE ambassador to the US, <a href="/wiki/Yousef_Al_Otaiba" title="Yousef Al Otaiba">Yousef Al Otaiba</a>, said the US played a crucial role in the Emirates' progress and security. However, the extent of Emirati dependence on US military contractors is not fully known.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branches">Branches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Branches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force">Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">United Arab Emirates Air Force</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">United Arab Emirates Air Force</a> has about 4,000 personnel as of 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The air force agreed in 1999 to purchase 80 <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a> <a href="/wiki/F-16" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16">F-16</a> multirole fighter aircraft. Next to that they included other equipment such as 60 <a href="/wiki/Mirage_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirage 2000">Mirage 2000s</a>, British <a href="/wiki/BAE_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Hawk">Hawk</a> aircraft, and French <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopters</a>. The air defense has a <a href="/wiki/MIM-23_Hawk" title="MIM-23 Hawk">Hawk missile</a> program for which the United States has been providing training. The UAE has taken delivery of two out of five Triad I-Hawk batteries. </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">United Arab Emirates Air Force</a> is responsible for protecting the country's airspace and civil defense aircraft.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army">Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Army" title="United Arab Emirates Army">United Arab Emirates Army</a></div> <p>As part of the military of the United Arab Emirates, the Army (called Land Forces in Arabic) is responsible for land and ground-based operations. </p> <ul><li>Medical Corps form part of the Army and are responsible for military medical support to the rest of UAE Armed Forces.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navy">Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Navy" title="United Arab Emirates Navy">United Arab Emirates Navy</a></div> <p>The United Arab Emirates Navy consisted<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> of more than 2,000 personnel and 72 vessels. </p> <ul><li>United Arab Emirates Marines – UAE maintained a battalion-sized Marine force called UAE Marines until 2011 when it was merged into UAE-PG.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Coast_Guard" title="United Arab Emirates Coast Guard">United Arab Emirates Coast Guard</a> – a coast guard agency of the United Arab Emirates and is primarily responsible for the protection of the UAE coastline through regulation of maritime laws, maintenance of seamarks, border control, anti-smuggling operations, and other services.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_Guard">Presidential Guard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Presidential Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/UAE_Presidential_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="UAE Presidential Guard">UAE Presidential Guard</a></div> <p>The United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard (UAE-PG) was formed in 2011 by merging the Amiri Guard, Special Operations Command, and the Marine Battalion from the UAE Navy. UAE requested training support be provided by the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. State Department approved a foreign military sales (FMS) Training Case for UAE-PG in October 2011. Marine Corps Training Mission UAE (MCTM-UAE) operates under chief of mission authority as a Title 22 FMS training case.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deployments">Deployments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Deployments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:110407-A-HM954-005_(5617028210).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/110407-A-HM954-005_%285617028210%29.jpg/220px-110407-A-HM954-005_%285617028210%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/110407-A-HM954-005_%285617028210%29.jpg/330px-110407-A-HM954-005_%285617028210%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/110407-A-HM954-005_%285617028210%29.jpg/440px-110407-A-HM954-005_%285617028210%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2784" data-file-height="1848" /></a><figcaption>A UAE Armed Forces Special Ops soldier assigned to Special Operations Task Force-West patrols villages in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> on 7 April 2011.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force_serviceman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force_serviceman.jpg/220px-United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force_serviceman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force_serviceman.jpg/330px-United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force_serviceman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force_serviceman.jpg/440px-United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force_serviceman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6048" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>UAEAF crew chief communicating during an engine test at <a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis Air Force Base</a> during <a href="/wiki/Exercise_Red_Flag" title="Exercise Red Flag">Red Flag</a> 11-2 on 2 February 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BMP-3_AFVs_of_the_UAE.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/BMP-3_AFVs_of_the_UAE.JPEG/220px-BMP-3_AFVs_of_the_UAE.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/BMP-3_AFVs_of_the_UAE.JPEG/330px-BMP-3_AFVs_of_the_UAE.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/BMP-3_AFVs_of_the_UAE.JPEG/440px-BMP-3_AFVs_of_the_UAE.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption>UAE Army BMP-3 conducting live fire desert training</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gulf_War">Gulf War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gulf War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a></div> <p>UAE sent forces to assist <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> during the 1990–1991 <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> where some hundred UAE troops participated in the conflict as part of the <a href="/wiki/Cooperation_Council_for_the_Arab_States_of_the_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf">GCC</a> <a href="/wiki/Peninsula_Shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsula Shield">Peninsula Shield</a> force that advanced into <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_City" title="Kuwait City">Kuwait City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GW_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GW-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UAE air force carried out strikes against Iraqi forces. UAE Armed Forces participated in the coalition with an army battalion along with a squadron of <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_5" title="Dassault Mirage 5">Dassault Mirage 5</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mirage_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirage 2000">Mirage 2000</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GW_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GW-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 6 UAE troops were killed in action.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Nations_Operation_in_Somalia_II">United Nations Operation in Somalia II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: United Nations Operation in Somalia II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/UNOSOM_II" class="mw-redirect" title="UNOSOM II">UNOSOM II</a></div> <p>UAE Armed Forces participated in <a href="/wiki/UNOSOM_II" class="mw-redirect" title="UNOSOM II">UNOSOM II</a> which was an intervention launched in March 1993 until March 1995, and committed resources to the United Nations mission.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lebanon">Lebanon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Lebanon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/South_Lebanon_conflict_(1985%E2%80%932000)" title="South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)">South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)</a></div> <p>UAE Military field engineers arrived in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> on 8 September 2007 in <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a> to clear areas of south Lebanon from <a href="/wiki/Land_mine" title="Land mine">mines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cluster_bombs" class="mw-redirect" title="Cluster bombs">cluster bombs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_in_Afghanistan">War in Afghanistan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: War in Afghanistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)</a></div> <p>UAE Armed Forces were deployed in 2003 to Afghanistan mainly to support construction. UAE special forces would establish <a href="/wiki/Fire_support_base" title="Fire support base">fire support base</a> around UAE-supported projects which included funding tarmac roads, clinics, a Pashtun radio station, and a mast provided by <a href="/wiki/Etisalat" class="mw-redirect" title="Etisalat">Etisalat</a> which provided competition for other mobile networks in <a href="/wiki/Helmand" class="mw-redirect" title="Helmand">Helmand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their activities include driving into "remote and impoverished" Afghan villages, distributing aid and sitting down with the village "elders" to inquire about their needs. They would then fund projects while the contracts went out to local tender. UAE Armed Forces used their ties to Islam and ability to fund projects to try to reduce the local suspicion of NATO in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saudi-led_intervention_in_Yemen">Saudi-led intervention in Yemen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Saudi-led intervention in Yemen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen</a></div> <p>In 2015, UAE participated in the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen</a> to influence the outcome of the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2015%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)">Yemeni Civil War (2015–)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this war, Emirati special forces conducted an amphibious assault on <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, which, according to <a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">the Economist</a>, impressed observers in the West.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 September 2015, 52 UAE soldiers (together with 10 Saudi and 5 Bahraini soldiers) were killed when a <a href="/wiki/Houthis" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthis">Houthi</a> missile hit an ammunition dump at a military base in <a href="/wiki/Ma%27rib_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Ma'rib Governorate">Ma'rib Governorate</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> marking the "highest death toll on the battlefield in the country's history".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mukalla_(2016)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2016)">Battle of Mukalla</a>, UAE Armed Forces liberated the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Mukalla" title="Port of Mukalla">port of Mukalla</a> from <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula" title="Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula">AQAP</a> forces in 36 hours after being held by AQAP for more than a year with the US defense secretary James Mattis calling the UAE led operation a model for American troops.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> in a report mentioned that UAE struck deals with AQAP militants by recruiting them against fighting the Houthis and providing them with money. The report continued to state that the United States was aware of Al-Qaeda joining ranks with UAE and has held off drone strikes against Al-Qaeda.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UAE Brigadier General Musallam Al Rashidi responded to the report by stating that Al Qaeda cannot be reasoned with in the first place stating that "There's no point in negotiating with these guys."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UAE military stated that accusations of allowing AQAP to leave with cash contradict its primary objective of depriving AQAP of its financial strength.<sup id="cite_ref-TIDx_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIDx-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The notion of Al Qaeda joining ranks with UAE Armed Forces and the United States holding off drone strikes against Al Qaeda has been denied by <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a> with Colonel Robert Manning, spokesperson of the Pentagon, calling the news source "patently false".<sup id="cite_ref-auto_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to The Independent, AQAP activity on social media as well as the number of reported attacks conducted by it has decreased since UAE intervention.<sup id="cite_ref-TIDx_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIDx-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 April 2018 the UAE armed forces, as part of the Saudi-led intervention in <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_takeover_of_Socotra" class="mw-redirect" title="United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra">landed troops</a> on the island of <a href="/wiki/Socotra" title="Socotra">Socotra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a> newspaper reported that UAE has politically annexed the island and built a communications network, and conducted census and provided Socotra residents with free healthcare and work permits in <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 May 2018, a deal was brokered between UAE and Yemen for a joint military training exercise and the return of administrative control of Socotra's airport and seaport to Yemen.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2018, an offensive was carried out by UAE-led troops in <a href="/wiki/Al_Hudaydah" title="Al Hudaydah">Hodeidah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, the UAE announced a partial withdrawal of its troops by reducing armed forces fighting in <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>. An official from UAE called the move a "strategic" redeployment.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> report, the gulf nation ordered the withdrawal of its troops following security concerns, after tensions with <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. UAE stated that it is shifting its focus from Houthi rebels to <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">ISIS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> in Yemen.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islamic_State">Islamic State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Islamic State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, the UAE Air Force dropped bombs on Islamic State targets in Syria. One of them was <a href="/wiki/Mariam_Al_Mansouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariam Al Mansouri">Major Mariyam Al Mansouri</a>, the first female UAE Air Force pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Expansion">Expansion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force,_1227,_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_(49570885887).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force%2C_1227%2C_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_%2849570885887%29.jpg/220px-United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force%2C_1227%2C_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_%2849570885887%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force%2C_1227%2C_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_%2849570885887%29.jpg/330px-United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force%2C_1227%2C_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_%2849570885887%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force%2C_1227%2C_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_%2849570885887%29.jpg/440px-United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force%2C_1227%2C_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_%2849570885887%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/UAEAF" class="mw-redirect" title="UAEAF">UAEAF</a> C-17A Globemaster III</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1989, the UAE purchased <a href="/wiki/Hwasong-5" title="Hwasong-5">Scud-B</a> ballistic missiles from North Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UAE went on an expansion drive in 1995, which began with the 1992–93 acquisition of 436 <a href="/wiki/Leclerc_tank" title="Leclerc tank">Leclerc tanks</a> and 415 <a href="/wiki/BMP-3" title="BMP-3">BMP-3</a> armored vehicles. It had learned from the Iranian experiences with having a single supplier for its military and has diversified its arms purchases, purchasing weaponry mainly from <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the <a href="/wiki/UK" class="mw-redirect" title="UK">UK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. It has also taken care to invest in the systems it has purchased and standardize them according to NATO/GCC Specifications. The equipment purchases were also followed by a program to increase manpower numbers and <a href="/wiki/Emiratisation" title="Emiratisation">Emiratisation</a> program for the Armed forces. </p><p>In 2008, UAE bought <a href="/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot" title="MIM-104 Patriot">MIM-104 Patriot</a> missiles<sup id="cite_ref-defenseindustrydaily.com_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defenseindustrydaily.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and related radar, support services for the Patriot systems. </p><p>In 2011, during a war scare with Iran over the <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Hormuz" class="mw-redirect" title="Straits of Hormuz">Straits of Hormuz</a>, UAE announced a purchase of US$3.48 billion worth of American missile systems: 2 radar systems, 96 missiles, spare parts, and training.<sup id="cite_ref-defenseindustrydaily.com_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defenseindustrydaily.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UAE was the first country to acquire the <a href="/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System">Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System</a> (THAAD). A contract worth $1.96 billion was agreed for Lockheed Martin Corp to supply two Thaad anti-missile batteries.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2019, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> blocked the supply of arms to <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> following a dispute in the inspection clause of its agreement. According to a report by <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, UAE and the other mentioned countries refused to allow officials from South Africa to inspect their facilities. The dispute arose as the UAE and the other countries refused the inspections, stating it violated their sovereignty. According to the industry, the inspection row puts business at risk and could cause the loss of up to 9,000 jobs at defense firms and supporting industries in South Africa. UAE began firing trials with China, India, and Serbia to replace the South African RDM as the preferred supplier of ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Industry">Industry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NIMR_JAIS_IDEX_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/NIMR_JAIS_IDEX_2017.jpg/220px-NIMR_JAIS_IDEX_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/NIMR_JAIS_IDEX_2017.jpg/330px-NIMR_JAIS_IDEX_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/NIMR_JAIS_IDEX_2017.jpg/440px-NIMR_JAIS_IDEX_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="896" /></a><figcaption>Battle tested UAE manufactured <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">APC</a> <a href="/wiki/Nimr_(armored_personnel_carrier)" title="Nimr (armored personnel carrier)">Nimr</a> restored from <a href="/wiki/Operation_Decisive_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Decisive Storm">Operation Decisive Storm</a> on display in <a href="/wiki/International_Defence_Exhibition" title="International Defence Exhibition">IDEX</a> 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>The Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding Company (ADSB) produces a range of ships and is a contractor in the <a href="/wiki/Baynunah_class_corvette" class="mw-redirect" title="Baynunah class corvette">Baynunah Programme</a>, a program to design develop, and produce 5–6 corvettes customized for operation in the waters of the Persian Gulf. It has produced ammunition, military transport vehicles, and unmanned aerial vehicles. </p><p>A joint venture agreement was signed in Abu Dhabi on 28 November 2007 between Tawazun Holding LLC, an investment company established by the Offset Program Bureau (OPB), Al-Jaber Trading Establishment, part of Al-Jaber Group, and Rheinmetall Munitions Systems, to set up the Al-Burkan munition factory at the Zayed Military City in Abu Dhabi. OPB signed four Memorandums of Understanding with companies from Europe and Singapore at the Paris Eurosatory 2008 defense exhibition on June 20, Rheinmetall Group and Diehl Defence Holding of Germany, Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg), and Thales of France. </p><p>Tawazun has partnered with Saab on radar development.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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"Britain, the UAE, and the defence of the Gulf revisited". <i><a href="/wiki/International_Affairs_(journal)" title="International Affairs (journal)">International Affairs</a></i>. <b>89</b> (5): 1203–1219. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2F1468-2346.12067">10.1111/1468-2346.12067</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+Affairs&rft.atitle=Britain%2C+the+UAE%2C+and+the+defence+of+the+Gulf+revisited&rft.volume=89&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=1203-1219&rft.date=2013-09&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2F1468-2346.12067&rft.aulast=Kelly&rft.aufirst=Saul&rft.au=Stansfield%2C+Gareth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+Arab+Emirates+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGervais2011" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Gervais, Victor (2011). <i>Du pétrole à l'armée : les stratégies de construction de l'Etat aux Emirats arabes unis</i> [<i>From Oil to Army: State-Building Strategies in the United Arab Emirates</i>] (in French). Paris: <a href="/wiki/IRSEM" title="IRSEM">IRSEM</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Du+p%C3%A9trole+%C3%A0+l%27arm%C3%A9e+%3A+les+strat%C3%A9gies+de+construction+de+l%27Etat+aux+Emirats+arabes+unis&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=IRSEM&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=Gervais&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+Arab+Emirates+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYates2020" class="citation book cs1">Yates, Athol (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/the-evolution-of-the-armed-forces-of-the-united-arab-emirates-.php"><i>The Evolution of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates</i></a>. 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class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">By period</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#prehistory" title="History of the United Arab Emirates">Prehistory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Glacial_Period" title="History of the United Arab Emirates">Glacial period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafit_period" title="Hafit period">Hafit period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Bronze_Age:_Umm_Al_Nar_and_Wadi_Suq_Cultures" title="History of the United Arab Emirates">Bronze Age</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Umm_Al_Nar_culture" title="Umm Al Nar culture">Umm Al Nar culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadi_Suq_culture" title="Wadi Suq culture">Wadi Suq culture</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Age_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Iron Age in the United Arab Emirates">Iron Age</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Mleiha" title="History of the United Arab Emirates">Mleiha</a></li></ul></li> <li>Post-Islamic Era <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dibba" title="Battle of Dibba">Battle of Dibba</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-independence_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-independence in the United Arab Emirates">Post-independence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">By topic</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_settlements_in_the_UAE" title="List of ancient settlements in the UAE">Ancient settlements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Trucial_States" title="Slavery in the Trucial States">Slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates">Postal history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of wars involving the United Arab Emirates">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Military history of the United Arab Emirates"> Military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_history_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Political history of the United Arab Emirates">Political history</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Geography of the United Arab Emirates">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of cities in the United Arab Emirates">Cities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the United Arab Emirates">Climate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cloud_seeding_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cloud seeding in the United Arab Emirates">cloud seeding</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Emirates of the United Arab Emirates">Emirates</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Abu_Dhabi" title="Emirate of Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Dubai" title="Emirate of Dubai">Dubai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Sharjah" title="Emirate of Sharjah">Sharjah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Ajman" title="Emirate of Ajman">Ajman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Umm_Al_Quwain" title="Emirate of Umm Al Quwain">Umm Al Quwain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Ras_Al_Khaimah" title="Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah">Ras Al Khaimah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Fujairah" title="Emirate of Fujairah">Fujairah</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Environmental issues in the United Arab Emirates">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Geology of the United Arab Emirates">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of islands of the United Arab Emirates">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Land reclamation in the United Arab Emirates">Land reclamation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates"> Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of protected areas of the United Arab Emirates">Protected areas</a></li> <li>Territorial disputes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Musa" title="Abu Musa">Abu Musa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_and_Lesser_Tunbs" title="Greater and Lesser Tunbs">Greater and Lesser Tunbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_border#Border_dispute" title="Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates border">Saudi border dispute</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wadis_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of wadis of the United Arab Emirates">Wadis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Wildlife of the United Arab Emirates">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Politics of the United Arab Emirates">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Federal</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Executive_branch" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cabinets_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of cabinets of the United Arab Emirates">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Council" title="Federal Supreme Council">Federal Supreme Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="President of the United Arab Emirates">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates">Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Legislative_branch" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Council" title="Federal Supreme Council">Federal Supreme Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_National_Council" title="Federal National Council">Federal National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in the United Arab Emirates">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2006 Emirati parliamentary election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2011 Emirati parliamentary election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Emirati parliamentary election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2019 Emirati parliamentary election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2023 Emirati parliamentary election">2023</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Judicial system of the United Arab Emirates">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates">Supreme Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Legal_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Legal system of the United Arab Emirates">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Constitution of the United Arab Emirates">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_nationality_law" title="Emirati nationality law">Nationality</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Intelligence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Signals_Intelligence_Agency" title="Signals Intelligence Agency">Signals Intelligence Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Uniformed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Army" title="United Arab Emirates Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Navy" title="United Arab Emirates Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Presidential_Guard" title="United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard">Presidential Guard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Local_politics" title="Politics of the United Arab Emirates">Local</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Courts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Judicial_Department" title="Abu Dhabi Judicial Department">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubai_Courts" title="Dubai Courts">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li>Common law courts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Global_Market" title="Abu Dhabi Global Market">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DIFC_Courts" title="DIFC Courts">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_individual_Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of rulers of individual Emirates of the United Arab Emirates">Emirate rulers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_families_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Royal families of the United Arab Emirates">royal families</a></li></ul></li> <li>Governments <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Abu_Dhabi" title="Government of Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Dubai" title="Government of Dubai">Dubai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sharjah" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Sharjah">Sharjah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ajman" title="Government of Ajman">Ajman</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates">Foreign relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Accords" title="Abraham Accords">Abraham Accords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of diplomatic missions in the United Arab Emirates">diplomatic missions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93UAE_123_Agreement_for_Peaceful_Civilian_Nuclear_Energy_Cooperation" title="U.S.–UAE 123 Agreement for Peaceful Civilian Nuclear Energy Cooperation">US-UAE nuclear energy agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Human rights in the United Arab Emirates">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Blasphemy law in the United Arab Emirates">blasphemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates">capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Freedom of religion in the United Arab Emirates">freedom of religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migrant_workers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates">migrant workers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial system in the United Arab Emirates">Justice system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Law enforcement in the United Arab Emirates">law enforcement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Legal system of the United Arab Emirates">Legal system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cannabis in the United Arab Emirates"> cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun laws in the United Arab Emirates">guns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Visa policy of the United Arab Emirates">Visa policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Economy of the United Arab Emirates">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of companies of the United Arab Emirates"> Companies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government-owned_companies_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of government-owned companies of the United Arab Emirates">state-owned</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_corporate_law" title="United Arab Emirates corporate law">Corporate Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_dirham" title="United Arab Emirates dirham">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entrepreneurship_policies_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Entrepreneurship policies in the United Arab Emirates">Entrepreneurship</a></li> <li>Finance <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of banks in the United Arab Emirates">banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates">central bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Energy in the United Arab Emirates">Energy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Nuclear power in the United Arab Emirates">nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates">oil</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates">reserves</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Solar power in the United Arab Emirates">solar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of power stations in the United Arab Emirates">power stations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-trade_zones_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of free-trade zones in the United Arab Emirates">Free trade zones</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-trade_zones_in_Dubai" title="List of free-trade zones in Dubai">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Taxation in the United Arab Emirates">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Tourism in the United Arab Emirates">Tourism</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Dubai" title="Tourism in Dubai">Dubai</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates">attractions</a></li></ul></li> <li>Stock exchanges <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Securities_Exchange" title="Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange">ADX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubai_Financial_Market" title="Dubai Financial Market">DFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasdaq_Dubai" title="Nasdaq Dubai">Nasdaq Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li>Local economies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi#Economy" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Dubai" title="Economy of Dubai">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates">Telecommunications</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_telecommunications_companies#United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of telecommunications companies">companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.ae" title=".ae">Internet domain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_and_Digital_Government_Regulatory_Authority" title="Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority">regulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Telephone numbers in the United Arab Emirates">telephone numbers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Transport in the United Arab Emirates">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of airlines of the United Arab Emirates">airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of airports in the United Arab Emirates">airports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of bridges in the United Arab Emirates"> bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etihad_Rail" title="Etihad Rail">national rail operator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates">railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Speed limits in the United Arab Emirates">speed limits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Vehicle registration plates of the United Arab Emirates">registration plates</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Category:Society of the United Arab Emirates">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Culture" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Culture of the United Arab Emirates">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ishy_Bilady" title="Ishy Bilady">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Architecture of the United Arab Emirates"> Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emirati_artists" title="List of Emirati artists">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cinema of the United Arab Emirates">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clothing_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Clothing in the United Arab Emirates"> Clothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Emblem of the United Arab Emirates">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_cuisine" title="Emirati cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Flag of the United Arab Emirates">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the United Arab Emirates">Heritage sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_Arabic" title="Emirati Arabic">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Mass media in the United Arab Emirates">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of newspapers in the United Arab Emirates">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Television in the United Arab Emirates"> television</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of museums in the United Arab Emirates"> Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Music of the United Arab Emirates">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="National Library of the United Arab Emirates">National library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Religion in the United Arab Emirates">Religion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'í Faith in the United Arab Emirates">Bahá'í Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhism in the United Arab Emirates">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Christianity in the United Arab Emirates"> Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Hinduism in the United Arab Emirates"> Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Irreligion in the United Arab Emirates"> irreligion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Islam in the United Arab Emirates">Islam <span style="font-size:85%;">(official)</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Shia Islam in the United Arab Emirates">Shia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judaism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Judaism in the United Arab Emirates">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Sikhism in the United Arab Emirates">Sikhism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Sport in the United Arab Emirates">Sport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camel_racing" title="Camel racing">camel racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cricket in the United Arab Emirates">cricket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cricket_grounds_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of cricket grounds in the United Arab Emirates">grounds</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sporting_events_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of sporting events in the United Arab Emirates">events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Football in the United Arab Emirates">football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates">clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of football stadiums in the United Arab Emirates">stadiums</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Ice hockey in the United Arab Emirates">ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polo_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Polo in the United Arab Emirates">polo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Time in the United Arab Emirates">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Women in the United Arab Emirates">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emirati_writers" title="List of Emirati writers">Writers</a></li></ul> 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the United Arab Emirates">Education</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Education_in_Abu_Dhabi" title="Education in Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Dubai" title="Education in Dubai">Dubai</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of schools in the United Arab Emirates">schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of universities and colleges in the United Arab Emirates">universities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emiratis" title="Emiratis">Emiratis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Emiratis" title="Afro-Emiratis">Afro-Emiratis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_Americans" title="Emirati Americans">Emirati Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_diaspora" title="Emirati diaspora">diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emiratis" title="List of Emiratis">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expatriates_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" 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