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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN

Azal Mandi, an understated restaurant for Yemen's top brass in exile in Dubai

The Azal Mandi restaurant in Dubai. © Azal Mandi/Google

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores one such establishment, Azal Mandi in Dubai, an unpretentious restaurant frequented by Tarek Saleh, a former senior Yemeni army officer in exile in the city. [...] (735 words)

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Collapse of Yemen's precarious truce worries Washington

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Al Fardan clan central to Qatar World Cup anti-drone procurement

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Tarek Saleh unveils political ambitions under Abu Dhabi's patronage

After Syria and Libya, Ankara makes moves in Yemen

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