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Arab News
11-05-2025
- Business
- Arab News
UAE exempts Sudanese nationals from residency, visa fines
DUBAI: The UAE on Saturday decided to exempt Sudanese nationals from paying outstanding residency or visa fines, according to WAM News Agency. The Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security said in a statement: 'The decision aligns with the UAE's long-standing commitment to supporting brotherly nations and offering humanitarian aid during crises.' It further underscores the country's role in promoting humanity and peace, it added. The authority clarified that this decision takes effect on May 19, 2025, and will remain valid until the end of the current year. Sudanese nationals with outstanding fines can regularize their status and submit renewal applications via the ICP's official digital platforms. The incurring fines will be wavered.
Arab News
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
UAE to lift travel ban on Lebanon for its citizens on May 7
DUBAI: The UAE Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that it will lift its travel ban on Lebanon as of May 7 following a visit by the Lebanese head of state last week, according to WAM News Agency. The decision comes after a joint statement issued on Thursday, stating that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed agreed to implement measures to facilitate travel and improve movement between the two countries. The UAE banned its citizens from traveling to Lebanon in 2021. Lebanese citizens were not banned from traveling to the UAE.
Arab News
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
UAE arrests cell smuggling weapons to ‘Sudanese army'
DUBAI: UAE security services have thwarted an attempt to illegally transfer weapons and military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces, state-run WAM News Agency reported. 'The country's security services foiled an attempt to illegally smuggle weapons and military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces,' read a statement on WAM. UAE's Attorney-General Dr. Hamad Saif Al-Shamsi said authorities have prevented the illegal transfer of 'a quantity of military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces following the arrest of members of a cell involved in unauthorized mediation, brokering and illicit trafficking of military equipment, without obtaining the necessary licenses.' The statement said the defendants were arrested during an inspection of ammunition in a private aircraft at one of the country's airports. Authorities have seized approximately five million rounds of 7.62 x 54 mm Goryunov-type ammunition that were found on the plane. Al-Shamsi said the investigation revealed the involvement of some Sudanese military leaders, including former intelligence Chief Salah Gosh and a political figure close to General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. It also said several Sudanese businessmen were also implicated.
