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Turkey Opens Biggest Overseas Military Base in Somalia
2017-10-03 Read More...
Turkey opened its biggest overseas military base on Saturday in Somalia’s capital, cementing its ties with the volatile but strategic Muslim nation and building a presence in East

Turkey Starts Military Drill at Iraqi Border
2017-09-20 Read More...
Turkish tanks kicked off military drills at the Iraqi border on Monday, the army said, a week before a referendum across that frontier on Kurdish independence that Ankara has called a threat to its national

North Korea Conducts Sixth, Most Powerful Nuclear Test
2017-09-04 Read More...
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its

Turkey Signs S-400 Deal with Russia
2017-07-28 Read More...
Turkey has made progress in plans to procure an S-400 missile defense system from Russia and signatures have been signed, President Tayyip

Saudi King Concludes Historic Visit to China
2017-03-17 Read More...
China and Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed Memorandums of Understanding and Letters of Intent potentially worth about $65 billion during Saudi King Salman’s visit to Beijing, a senior Chinese diplomat

US Deploys Navy Destroyer Off Yemen’s Coast
2017-02-06 Read More...
The United States has placed a Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen to protect waterways from Houthi militia aligned with Iran, two US officials said on Friday, amid heightened tension between Washington and

US, Allied Navies Start Naval Drills Near Iranian Shores
2017-02-03 Read More...
The US and four other allied Navies have begun a three-day maritime exercise in international waters next to the Iranian

Egypt’s Military to Form Pharmaceutical Company
2017-01-26 Read More...
Egypt’s military has received the license required to form a pharmaceutical company, a decree by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail

Airbus, Iran Finalize Agreement for 100 Jets
2016-12-20 Read More...
Iran has trimmed its order with Airbus to purchase of 100 passenger planes partly by dropping superjumbo A380s, said the Managing Director of Iran’s flag carrier Iran Air on

U.S., Gulf States Developing Regional Air Defense System
2016-12-14 Read More...
A blueprint for a regional air defense system to counter Iran is being developed by the US and its Gulf allies, according to American Secretary of Defense Dr. Ashton

Airbus Obtains 2nd US License to Sell Planes to Iran
2016-11-24 Read More...
The United States said on Tuesday it had issued a second license to France’s Airbus to sell commercial planes to Iran Air, bringing Iran’s flag carrier a step closer to receiving new Western jets under last year's deal to ease

General Michel Aoun Elected President of Lebanon
2016-11-01 Read More...
The Lebanese Parliament elected former Army Commander Michel Aoun as President on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that is expected to make Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri Prime

France to Invest $47 Million in Sahel Anti-Terror Training
2016-10-10 Read More...
France plans to invest 42 million euros ($47 million) to help countries of Africa’s Sahel region prepare to face extremists' attacks similar to those that killed dozens in Paris in 2015, an Interior Ministry official said on

Saudi Arabia Starts Gulf Shield 1 Maneuvers
2016-10-06 Read More...
The Royal Saudi Navy Forces started Tuesday their Maneuvers of Gulf Shield 1 in the waters of Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)

Boeing, Qatar Airways Close to Sealing Major Jet Deal
2016-10-04 Read More...
Boeing Co is close to clinching a large sale of widebody jetliners to Qatar Airways, a deal that moved closer with the recent US approval of Boeing fighter jet sales to the Gulf nation, according to two people familiar with the

Lebanese Defense Minister Extends Term of Army Chief
2016-10-03 Read More...
Lebanese Defense Minister Samir Moqbel said he would extend the term of Army Chief General Jean Kahwaji (photo), avoiding a vacuum at the head of the military, whose leadership has been a subject of political

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