Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The United Arab Emirates announced it will be ending its military training mission in Somalia after its soldiers were assaulted and nearly $10 million was seized in Mogadishu this month, Defense News reports.
Big picture: The change in relations between the UAE and Somalia highlights the larger crisis in the Gulf, at the center of which is Qatar. Somalia — and the Horn of Africa — has been caught in the crosshairs.