UAE: Preparations to set up a new counter-terrorism unitnote

There are preparations underway to set up a new counter-terrorism unit jointly between the UAE Interior Ministry which is headed by Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the UAE State Security which is headed by Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The following 342-word report sheds light on the unit and tells what about its equipment and what about the preferred foreign suppliers. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/24 – June 10, 2016]