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Anwar Gargash

A sculpture made by India’s sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik depicts India’s pilot Smit Machchhar, the captain of flydubai flight FZ 1073, at a beach in Odisha’s Puri city on October 1, 2026. (AFP)
October 3, 2026, 5:16 pm
UAE says flydubai copilot used cockpit emergency ax to attack captain in ‘terrorist act’
Gulf state’s top prosecutor says probe into Omani attacker ongoing; Dubai’s crown prince visits wounded captain, says he ’embodied highest degrees of courage, care for human life’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, speaks at the Hili Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi on September 7, 2026. (FADEL SENNA/AFP)
October 2, 2026, 5:47 pm
In first, senior UAE official calls flydubai plane attack an ‘act of terrorism’
Anwar Gargash warns against ‘simplistic interpretations’ and conspiracy theories surrounding incident; PM says Israel investigating whether attacker acted alone, warns ‘whoever sent him will pay heavy price’
By Nurit Yohanan, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
The UAE's then-Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash attends the World Government Summit at the Dubai Expo 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 18, 2026, 4:32 pm
Senior UAE official says Iranian attacks will drive Gulf countries into Israeli arms
Emirati presidential adviser Anwar Gargash says ‘more channels will open’ between Israel and Arab countries it doesn’t have ties with, in the wake of incessant Iranian strikes
By Lazar Berman
Board of Peace High Representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov speaks at the Munich Security Forum on February 13, 2026. (Screen capture/YouTube)
February 13, 2026, 11:12 pm
Board of Peace envoy: Technocrats can’t enter Gaza if ceasefire violations persist
In rare public comments since taking on role, Mladenov says Palestinian committee being set up for ’embarrassment’ if proper conditions aren’t in place before it begins operating
By Jacob Magid
Diplomatic adviser to the United Arab Emirates president Anwar Gargash arrives at the opening ceremony of the summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 15, 2024. (Denis Balibouse / POOL / AFP)
October 22, 2025, 2:05 pm
Top UAE adviser calls for compromise to settle Israel-Palestinian conflict
Anwar Gargash says Israel must accept Palestinian state, alongside guaranteed security for the Jewish state
By Reuters and ToI Staff
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2025. (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs via X)
September 27, 2025, 3:22 pm
Meeting Netanyahu, Emirati FM calls for Gaza truce, hostage release, 2-state solution
Top UAE official says minister conveyed Abu Dhabi’s position ‘closing the file on Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories’; no immediate comment from Prime Minister’s Office
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) speaks, as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP); Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of defense officials, in Tehran, February 12, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 12, 2025, 11:04 pm
Iran’s Khamenei spurns Trump letter, delivered by UAE, offering nuclear talks
US president says he told Iranian leader there are two ways to stop Iran getting nuclear bomb: ‘militarily, or you make a deal’; Khamenei tells students the letter is ‘deception’
By Reuters
The diplomatic advisor to the United Arab Emirates president, Anwar Gargash, arrives to attend the opening ceremony of the summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, Switzlernand, June 15, 2024. (Denis Balibouse/Pool/AFP)
March 12, 2025, 4:17 pm
UAE official delivers to Iran letter from Trump urging nuclear talks
Anwar Gargash, Emirati diplomatic adviser, meets with Iranian FM Araghchi, a day after Iranian president said Trump can ‘do whatever the hell you want’
By Reuters
UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash speaks to journalists in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
July 15, 2022, 9:55 pm
UAE mulls returning ambassador to Tehran, says ‘not part of any axis against Iran’
Senior Emirati official cites need for ‘de-escalation’; announcement comes day after Biden signs security pact in Israel reinforcing common front against Tehran
By AFP
(Clockwise from top left) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, UAE diplomatic adviser Anwar Gargash, Bahrain’s Ambassador to the US Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid al-Khalifa and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in a virtual event marking the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords on September 17, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 17, 2021, 6:42 pm
Blinken pledges US backing to expand Abraham Accords between Israel, Arab states
At US-hosted event marking a year since signing of historic agreement, Lapid notes anniversary of peace deal with Egypt; Morocco, UAE call for two-state solution
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
A man waves a giant United Arab Emirates flag outside the Prime Minister's official residence in Jerusalem on August 19, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2021, 11:50 am
UAE official: ‘We signed Abraham Accords for our people, not individual leaders’
Unnamed official makes comment apparently about Netanyahu’s use of Gulf nation in election campaign as Abu Dhabi appears to distance itself from premier
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: UAE delegates wave to the departing El Al plane at the end of the Israel-UAE normalization talks, with the US, in Abu Dhabi, September 1, 2020. (El Al spokesperson's office)
March 18, 2021, 8:55 am
UAE said to shelve plans for Israel-US summit amid anger at PM’s electioneering
Netanyahu’s apparent use of Gulf nation in campaign said to cause Abu Dhabi to halt arrangements for April confab with senior Biden officials and Arab leaders who normalized ties
By ToI Staff and AFP
A man waves a large United Arab Emirates flag outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on August 19, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 17, 2021, 5:12 pm
Emiratis said angry at Netanyahu for trying to use them in his election campaign
Facing backlash from UAE, Netanyahu denies he’ll visit Abu Dhabi before next week’s vote; premier has canceled trip to Gulf state several times
By AFP and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (2L) speaks to his Bahraini and Emirati counterparts at the INSS conference. January 26, 2021 (Courtesy of INSS)
January 26, 2021, 6:56 pm
UAE, Bahrain: We need ‘unified voice’ with Israel on Iran’s missiles, nukes
Speaking to FM Ashkenazi, ministers from Gulf states say Jerusalem and its new allies can together ‘exert greater influence on the US’
By Lazar Berman
Palestinians with a banner showing Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan wearing an Israeli flag, during a rally against the United Arab Emirates' normalization deal with Israel, in the West Bank village of Turmusaya near Ramallah, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
October 13, 2020, 10:52 pm
Top UAE official laments PA’s ingratitude after Abbas envoy rants on Israel ties
Anwar Gargash slams Palestinians’ ‘lack of loyalty’ after Ramallah diplomat calls Emirati leader a ‘little dictator’ and says UAE, Bahrain have ‘become more Israeli than Israelis’
By Raphael Ahren
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