Mariam al-Mansouri, 35, was part of the UAE team, the country’s ambassador to the U.S., Yousef al-Otaiba, told the Morning Joe talk show. “We will bring whatever it takes to defeat ISIS [ISIL] and other forms of extremism,” al-Otaiba said.
Five Arab countries — the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia — are participating in the U.S. led-strikes on ISIS. Otaiba defended the UAE’s participation in part by pointing to al-Mansouri’s presence.
Saudi Arabia also had a local star on their team: On Wednesday, officials released photos they said showed the son of the Saudi Crown Prince, Khalid Bin Salman, in his warplane after the airstrikes.
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