UAE, Israel, Bahrain, US conduct joint naval exercise in Red Sea
Fighter jets from Saudi Arabia and Israel flew alongside a US B-1 bomber over the region today in a separate exercise of force.
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The US, UAE, Bahrain and Israel kicked off their first-ever publicly acknowledged joint naval exercise this week in the Red Sea.
The five-day operation focuses on interdiction and search and seizure tactics in order to build cooperative know-how among the four navies.