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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

Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affairs Visits Turkey
2016-09-28 Read More...
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Monday with Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah, who is visiting Turkey, Qatar News Agency (QNA)

Qatar’s Chief of Staff Meets Omani, French Military Officials
2016-09-07 Read More...
Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Major General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem (photo) separately met in Doha with Brigadier Hamad bin Rashid al-Balushi, Assistant SAF Chief of Staff for Operations and Planning in the Sultanate of Oman

Jordan, Romania Discuss Military Cooperation
2016-09-07 Read More...
Jordan Army’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mashal Al Zaben met on Monday with his Romanian counterpart, Lt. General Nicolae-Ionel for talks on military cooperation, Jordan’s (Petra) news agency

Rosoboronexport’s Total Export Portfolio Reaches $48 Billion
2016-06-07 Read More...
The export portfolio of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has reached $48 billion, Head of Russia’s state technologies corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov

Russia Sets Up High-Tech Radar System in Syria
2016-03-08 Read More...
Over the past week three modern complexes with unmanned aerial vehicles and two radars detecting small targets have been deployed by the Russian military to Syria.The Zoopark-1 missile and artillery ground reconnaissance complex

Kuwait to Send Ground Troops to Yemen
2015-12-30 Read More...
Kuwait has decided to send troops to its neighbor Saudi Arabia to resist attacks by the Yemeni Houthi movement, the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas reported on Tuesday citing an informed

MiG-35 Fighter Jets to be Equipped with New Navigation System
2015-12-08 Read More...
Russian multirole MiG-35 fighter jets will receive the latest platform-less inertial navigation system, the CEO of the Moscow Institute of Electro Mechanics and Automation, Alexei Kuznetsov,

Kuwait Seeks $20 Billion Defense Budget for Next 10 Years
2015-12-04 Read More...
The Kuwaiti government asked parliament to approve a supplementary budget of KD6.2 billion ($20.4 billion) to fund weapons purchases for the military over 10 years, Al-Rai newspaper

Russia Claims its Nuclear Arsenal Surpasses that of USA
2015-12-02 Read More...
Russia's nuclear arsenal surpasses the US and in the future it will be even stronger, the developer of the Russian strategic missile systems, the General Designer of the ‘Moscow Institute of Thermal Technologies’ Yuri Solomonov

Commander of Royal Saudi Air Force Dies
2015-06-12 Read More...
Lt. General Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Shoalan, Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), died on Wednesday following a heart attack while he was on a business trip outside the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. No details were given.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Reelected for 4th Term
2015-04-29 Read More...
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir extended his quarter-century in power with a landslide 94.5% victory in presidential elections, organizers announced on Monday.

Saudi Arabia’s New Defense Minister
2015-01-28 Read More...
On 23 January, Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman has appointed his son Mohammad bin Salman as Defense Minister and Head of the Royal Court.

Saudia’s Passenger Traffic Posts 10.49% Growth in 2014
2015-01-15 Read More...
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), the flag carrier of the Kingdom, transported 27.8 million passengers in 2014, registering a 10.49% increase.

Saudi Arabia to Build New Pilgrimage Airport at Taif
2014-05-13 Read More...
Saudi Arabia is planning to build a new international airport to serve pilgrims to Makkah in the nearby city of Taif, its General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA)

Turkey Building Removable Wall in Syrian Border Town
2014-05-01 Read More...
Turkey is building a three-meter high wall along part of its border with Syria to try to stop people from illegally bypassing its checkpoints and prevent smuggling, officials said on

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