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The Abraham Accords established commercial and diplomatic ties between Israel and Bahrain, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates.
November 18, 2025 high general
Regional normalization framework in the Middle East that expanded formal relations between Israel and several Arab states.
The Abraham Accords are U.S.-brokered agreements, initiated in 2020, that normalized diplomatic and commercial relations between Israel and several Arab countries.
November 17, 2025 high diplomacy
The Abraham Accords refer to a set of normalization agreements between Israel and multiple Arab states beginning in 2020.
U.S. intelligence assessments reported in 2025 indicated increased weapons transfers from the United Arab Emirates to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, including drones that were identified in imagery by Yale researchers.
October 28, 2025 medium temporal
Intelligence assessment reported an increase in weapons transfers to the RSF, with drones identified in imagery analyses.
Saudi Arabia is geographically closer to Israel than the United Arab Emirates, which implies shorter flight times from Saudi airbases to Israeli territory compared with UAE airbases.
May 13, 2025 high geographic
Geographic proximity affects operational reach and response times for military aircraft.
In 2025, U.S. intelligence agencies, including the Defense Intelligence Agency and the State Department's intelligence bureau, reported an increase in transfers of materiel from the United Arab Emirates to the Rapid Support Forces; the reported materiel included Chinese-made drones, small arms, heavy machine guns, vehicles, artillery, mortars, and ammunition.
January 01, 2025 high temporal
Summary of reported categories of weapons and equipment allegedly transferred to a nonstate armed group.
A 2024 United Nations panel of experts reported that it found credible allegations that the United Arab Emirates provided weapons and funding to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
January 01, 2024 high report_finding
A UN panel's assessment regarding external support to a Sudanese paramilitary group.
The Abraham Accords, formalized in 2020, established normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.
September 15, 2020 high temporal
Historic diplomatic agreements that created formal relations between Israel and multiple Arab states.
The Abraham Accords normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab states, notably the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, in 2020 (agreements signed on 2020-09-15).
September 15, 2020 high temporal
A multilateral diplomatic agreement that led to normalization of relations between Israel and some Arab states.
The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco have each formalized normalization agreements with Israel under the Abraham Accords.
September 15, 2020 high temporal
Lists countries that completed formal normalization with Israel through the Abraham Accords.
The Abraham Accords are diplomatic agreements under which some Arab and Muslim-majority countries normalized relations with Israel, including Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates.
September 15, 2020 high temporal
Description of the purpose and initial participant countries of the Abraham Accords.
The United Arab Emirates and Israel established formal diplomatic relations through a normalization agreement in 2020.
January 01, 2020 high temporal
The article notes the UAE had struck a diplomatic recognition deal with Israel in 2020 (diplomatic normalization).
The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco formalized relations with Israel under the Abraham Accords in 2020.
January 01, 2020 high temporal
These three countries established formal diplomatic relations with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords process.
The 2020 Abraham Accords included an agreement under which Israel accepted the United States supplying F-35 jets to the United Arab Emirates subject to several security guarantees.
January 01, 2020 high temporal
Part of diplomatic normalization arrangements between Israel and UAE under the Abraham Accords.
During Donald Trump's first presidential term (2017–2021), Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates reached agreements to normalize relations with Israel that are commonly referred to as the Abraham Accords.
high temporal
Identifies countries that entered normalization agreements with Israel within the timeframe of Trump's first term.
Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates joined the Abraham Accords and normalized diplomatic relations with Israel.
high diplomatic
Countries that normalized relations with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords.
The Abraham Accords are a diplomatic initiative that established commercial and diplomatic relations between Israel and Bahrain, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates.
high descriptive
The Abraham Accords refer to U.S.-facilitated normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab states.
Countries that have signed agreements under the Abraham Accords normalizing diplomatic relations with Israel include the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.
high contextual
Examples of states that have formalized relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords