US welcomes UAE anti-terror steps

The US State Department on Wednesday released the Country Reports on Terrorism 2016, where it highlighted the UAE’s increased counterterrorism efforts.
“The nation increased its counter-terrorism prosecutions in the last year, with the Federal Supreme Court’s State Security Court hearing more than three dozen separate terrorism-related cases,” it said.
The report’s overview of the UAE also stated that the UAE Government maintained its robust counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism (CVE) partnership with the United States by its collaboration with US law enforcement, support of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh, and counter-messaging initiatives, such as the Sawab and Hedayah Centres.
Most of the cases involved defendants accused of promoting or affiliating with UAE-designated terrorist organisations, including Daesh, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Al Nusrah Front, Hizbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood, the report explained.