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Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Hamed, chairman of the Department of Health, undergoing a clinical trial for the third phase of the inactive vaccine for COVID-19 in Abu Dhabi, last July. (AFP)

UAE grants emergency approval of coronavirus vaccine for medics

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The Emirati, Israeli and US flags attached to an air-plane of Israel’s El Al, adorned with the word “peace” in Arabic, English and Hebrew, upon its arrival at the Abu Dhabi airport in the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE, on August 31.

UAE-Israel peace ceremony scheduled in Washington

films

Detail from poster of the Emirati short film ‘Athel’ (WAM)

Emirati film wins awards as it revisits old poetry tale

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An official stands at the door of an Israeli El Al airliner after it landed in Abu Dhabi, August 31. (AP)

Israeli, US officials land in UAE in first direct flight from Tel Aviv

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The captain of El Al flight waves before take-off of the first official direct flight between Israel and the UAE. (REUTERS)

First official Israeli flight leaves for UAE, Trump aides onboard

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Israeli and United Arab Emirates flags lign up a road in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya, on August 16, 2020. (AFP)

UAE ends Israel boycott, formally consecrates normalisation

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Iraeli and United Arab Emirates flags line a road in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya, this month. (AFP)

UAE, Israel defence ministers discuss ‘establishing solid bilateral relations’

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From left, U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Bahraini national security adviser Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa meet at Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain, Aug. 26. (AFP)

Pompeo arrives in UAE after stops in Israel, Sudan and Bahrain

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Employees work at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the UAE’s far western desert. (AFP)

UAE nuclear plant connected to country’s power grid