http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.regional.middle.east News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:06:52 -0500 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:55:54 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/25/ML.Israel.New.Weapons/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.New.Weapons 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2cc2 With cutting-edge anti-missile systems and two new submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against distant Iran as well as Tehran's proxy armies on its borders. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:26:56 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/23/ML.Iran.Baha_is/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iran.Baha_is 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-47ad An Iranian news agency reports that the judiciary has after just a day lifted its ban on a popular newspaper which ran a photo of a Baha'i temple. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:09:05 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/22/ML.Israel.Palestinians/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Palestinians 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-545b At the top of the list of Palestinian prisoners likely to be freed in a possible swap for an Israeli soldier is a firebrand politician many Palestinians believe is a likely future president who can pull them out of their current political deadlock. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:46:40 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/24/ML.Iraq.Google/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq.Google 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3bfe Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:59 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/24/ML.Iraq/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3b8c A senior official said Tuesday that Iraq must delay a national vote scheduled for January because of a political dispute, and the vice president who triggered the crisis indicated he would veto a key election law for a second time. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:03:11 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/24/Iran.Nuclear/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_Iran.Nuclear 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3bf8 Iran said Tuesday it was ready to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched material, but only on its own soil, to guarantee the West follows through with promises to give the fuel. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:26:32 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/24/ML.Iran.Election/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iran.Election 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3b1e Iran's official news agency reports a political activist and former head of the Tehran municipal council has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the post-election unrest. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:22:00 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/24/ML.Saudi.Iran/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Saudi.Iran 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3c1c For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen's war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry between the Middle East's two powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:27:19 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/24/ML.Israel.Gaza/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Gaza 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3c9f Israel's military says it has carried out three airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting a weapons-manufacturing facility and weapons smuggling tunnels. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:49:44 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/21/ML.Iraq/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5e11 Iraq's parliament failed Monday to produce an election law acceptable to minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say that nationwide balloting scheduled for January "might slip" to a later date. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:06:38 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/23/ML.Israel.Settlements/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Settlements 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-430f Israel TV reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proposing a 10-month freeze in construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:56:33 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/23/ML.Yemen.Kidnapping/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Yemen.Kidnapping 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4625 A Japanese engineer seized by Yemeni tribesmen seeking to swap him for a prisoner with al-Qaida links was released Monday after a week in captivity. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:48:17 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/23/ML.Israel.Prisoner.Swaps.Glance/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Prisoner.Swaps.Glance 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4834 Palestinians said Monday that negotiators were close to exchanging an Israeli soldier held by Gaza militants for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israel has carried out such swaps in the past: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:28:34 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/23/ML.Obit.Iran.Kordan/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Obit.Iran.Kordan 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-48e5 Former Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan, who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from the University of Oxford, has died, reports said Monday. He was 51. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:45:03 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/21/ML.Iran.War.Games/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iran.War.Games 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5dbc Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:19:51 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/22/ML.Iraq.US.Casualties/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq.US.Casualties 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-50ac The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:25:53 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/22/ML.Egypt.Algeria.Rivalry/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Egypt.Algeria.Rivalry 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5150 Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:15:53 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/22/ML.Iraq.Saddam_s.Supporters/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq.Saddam_s.Supporters 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-521a A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:33:59 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/22/ML.Israel.Palestinian.Nun/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Palestinian.Nun 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-526d A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls on Sunday took an important step toward sainthood. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:00:36 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/22/ML.Iran.Elections/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iran.Elections 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5393 Iran released a former vice president on a $700,000 bail Sunday after his lawyer said he had been sentenced to six years in prison in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the post-election unrest. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:15:54 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/22/ML.Egypt.Israel/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Egypt.Israel 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-52d1 Egypt's president on Sunday criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, telling his Israeli counterpart that settlement activity in the disputed sector of the holy city threatens to anger the entire Muslim world. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:13:53 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/21/ML.Palestinians.Rockets/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Palestinians.Rockets 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5af3 Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:54:38 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/21/ML.Saudi.Hajj.Swine.Flu/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Saudi.Hajj.Swine.Flu 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5b56 Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:49:25 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/19/ML.Egypt.Algeria.Soccer.Row/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Egypt.Algeria.Soccer.Row 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-7ab9 President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:03:59 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/21/ML.Iraq.Iran.US.Hikers/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq.Iran.US.Hikers 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5bf9 An Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:25:45 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/20/Piracy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_Piracy 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-67bb Yemen's coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked a Panamanian cargo ship in the treacherous Gulf of Aden between the Arabian peninsula and the Horn of Africa. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:23:16 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/20/ML.Palestinians.Elections/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Palestinians.Elections 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-6b9e Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:55:45 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Iraq/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-514f900f:125033addaf:-7572 A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:40:20 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Iran.Satellite/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iran.Satellite 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-514f900f:125033addaf:-7abd Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:28:51 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/19/ML.Al.Qaida.Online/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Al.Qaida.Online 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-74ba Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:39:16 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/19/ML.Egypt.Song._.Race/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Egypt.Song._.Race 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-77a3 A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to monkeys. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:58 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/19/ML.Lebanon.Hezbollah/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Lebanon.Hezbollah 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-7c8b The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim group's leader for a sixth term. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:50:27 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/18/ML.Israel.Palestinians/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Palestinians 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-514f900f:125033addaf:-67be Israeli aircraft struck a weapons-manufacturing facility and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, in response to recent rocket attacks on Israel, the military said. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:43 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/18/ML.Israel.India/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.India 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-514f900f:125033addaf:-633e Moshe Holtzberg celebrated his third birthday on Wednesday the way many Jewish children do — he got his first haircut. He appeared not to recall the tragic events of a year ago, when his parents were killed in a terror attack in Mumbai, India. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:33:16 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/16/Iran.Nuclear/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_Iran.Nuclear 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-6065 Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday said his country would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, brushing aside the latest U.N. plan aimed at preventing Tehran from potentially building nuclear weapons. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:44:05 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/18/ML.Palestinians.Bounty.Offer/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Palestinians.Bounty.Offer 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-514f900f:125033addaf:-69f5 A Gaza charity headed by the interior minister of the militant Hamas group on Wednesday offered $1.4 million to any Arab citizen of Israel who abducts a soldier. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:57:29 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/18/ML.Iran.Doctor_s.Death/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iran.Doctor_s.Death 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-514f900f:125033addaf:-6ce3 An Iranian doctor who went public with reports of tortured protesters he treated at Tehran's most feared detention facility dies, amid conflicting reports of a heart attack, a car accident or suicide — raising opposition accusations that the 26-year-old was killed. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:59:57 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/15/ML.Israel.Palestinians/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Palestinians 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-699b Israel moved Tuesday to approve a plan to build 900 more housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in the part of Jerusalem claimed by Palestinians, drawing harsh criticism from the United States. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:25:35 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Iran.Election/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iran.Election 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-514f900f:125033addaf:-77fe Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state television reported Tuesday. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:21:00 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/14/ML.Iraq/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-709d Iraq's Kurds threatened Monday to boycott national elections, days after the country's Sunni vice president threatened to veto the newly passed election law needed to hold the January vote. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:17:16 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Israel.Army.Protest/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Army.Protest 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-4f28 The Israeli army punished six soldiers, sending two to prison, for protesting the army's demolition of structures at an unauthorized settler outpost in the West Bank, the military said Tuesday. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:23:58 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Iran.Saudi/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iran.Saudi 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-514f900f:125033addaf:-77d3 Iran's chief of staff has warned Saudi Arabia over its military offensive against Shiite Yemeni rebels, saying it signals the start of "state terrorism" and endangers the entire region. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:58:18 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/16/ML.APNewsAlert/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.APNewsAlert 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-5c20 Iran state television says five people have been sentenced to death over post-election turmoil. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:20:56 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Egypt.Internet.Conference.CORRECTIVE/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Egypt.Internet.Conference.CORRECTIVE 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-4b6a In a Nov. 15 story about Egypt's plan to apply for the first Internet domain name written in Arabic, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang. Yang said new Internet users in emerging markets "will need Web content, and want more content in their native language, and still others won't just be bound by language and barriers, but have other challenges such as reading, literacy." Yang did not use the word "liberty" in the passage. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:22:51 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Mideast.France/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Mideast.France 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-4dab French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted Tuesday as saying his country was ready to facilitate a resumption of talks between Syria and Israel and he warned that extremists could benefit from a continued deadlock in the Middle East peace process. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:22:14 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Israel.Iran/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Israel.Iran 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-4ec9 Underscoring Israel's military might, Israel's prime minister warned about the dangers of a nuclear Iran Tuesday after visiting a submarine believed capable of carrying nuclear-tipped missiles and a ship used to seize weapons Israel says were being sent to Lebanese foes by Iran. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:50:38 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/17/ML.Iraq.Government.Under.Siege/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq.Government.Under.Siege 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-5090 Sadiya Khadem Rashid just needed a stamp. One stamp from Baghdad's city hall so she could receive $850 in compensation given to displaced Iraqis who return home. But before she could get there, the building was blown up. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:22:57 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/16/ML.Iraq.US.Schwarzenegger/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Iraq.US.Schwarzenegger 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-57e4 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped in on U.S. troops in Iraq on Monday, thanking them for the sacrifices they and their families are making. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:35:41 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/16/ML.Yemen.Kidnapping/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Yemen.Kidnapping 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-5bca Armed tribesmen have kidnapped a Japanese engineer working in Yemen and demanded the government release one of their imprisoned tribe members, the Japanese Embassy and a Yemeni security official said Monday. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:37:58 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/middleeast/2009/11/16/ML.Emirates.US.Air.Force/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_middleeast_ML.Emirates.US.Air.Force 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:982c171:124eefe5c6a:-5c44 A senior U.S. Air Force official said Monday he expects the force's involvement in the United Arab Emirates to continue and potentially expand.