UAE: Conscripts to serve extended duty report for training


Issue 1065 - 07 Sep 2018 | 1 minute read

The tenth batch of recruits for the UAE’s national service reported for the start of training in August, becoming the first to serve the recently-extended period of conscription. One group seen at a barracks in Al-Ain in mid-August did not appear to share the enthusiasm with which Abu Dhabi Executive Council deputy chairman Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan claimed Emirati youth had greeted the news in July that national service was to run for 16 months rather than one year.

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