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Lebanon Calls on Arab Countries to Support its Army
2014-03-25 Read More...
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister called on Arab countries on Monday to support the Lebanese Army to counter fallout from Syria’s civil war, which he said threatened to tear the country apart, Reuters

Libya Calls for International Help to Fight Terror Groups
2014-03-24 Read More...
The Libyan government has called on the international community, in particular the United Nations, to help in rooting out terror groups operating in the country, notably in Benghazi, Derna and

King of Bahrain Visits Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff
2014-03-21 Read More...
King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain, along with his delegation, made an unprecedented visit to Pakistan’s Joint Services Headquarters (JSHQ) in Rawalpindi on

Iranian Navy Planning Joint Naval Drills with Oman
2014-03-21 Read More...
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari Tuesday stressed his forces' capability to conduct joint exercises with friendly states, adding that the Navy plans to stage joint wargames with Oman's Navy in Iran's Persian Gulf waters early

Obama to Visit Saudi Arabia Next Week
2014-03-20 Read More...
The White House said President Barack Obama will travel to Saudi Arabia in March to meet with King

Egypt’s Army Chief Reshuffles Military Commanders
2014-03-19 Read More...
Egyptian Army Chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered the reshuffle of military officers in volatile areas of the country, including the Commander in charge of the volatile northern Sinai region and parts of the Nile

US Navy Seizes Libyan Oil Tanker from Rebels
2014-03-18 Read More...
US Navy Seals boarded and took control of an oil tanker late on Sunday that had was seized earlier this month at a Libyan port by three armed men, the US Department of Defense

Syrian Army Seizes Strategic City of Yabrud
2014-03-17 Read More...
Syrian troops on Sunday seized full control of the rebel bastion Yabrud in the strategic Qalamun region near the Lebanese border, Syrian state media

Iranian Air Defense to Launch Space Radar in Months
2014-03-14 Read More...
Iran has accomplished building its Sepehr (Sky) radar with a range of 2500 km and hopes to deploy and launch the system in coming months, a Senior Commander

Imtech Marine Starts Global Training Centre in Middle East
2014-03-14 Read More...
Imtech Marine has expanded its training facilities in the Middle East with a new Training Centre in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Saudi Crown Prince Visits China
2014-03-13 Read More...
Saudi Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has begun his four-day state visit to China on

Russia to Build Two New Iran Nuclear Plants
2014-03-13 Read More...
Russia has signed a preliminary agreement to build at least two more nuclear power plants in the Iranian port city of Bushehr, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on

Libyan Defense Minister Named Acting Prime Minister
2014-03-13 Read More...
Libya's Parliament voted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan out of office on Tuesday after rebels humiliated the Government by loading crude on a tanker that fled from Naval Forces, officials said, in a sign of the worsening chaos in the OPEC member

3 Omani C-130 Aircraft to Get Flight2 Avionics System
2014-03-12 Read More...
LynuxWorks, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, announced the LynxOS-178 real-time operating system (RTOS) will be used in the Rockwell Collins Flight2 avionics management system.

Syria Shipped Out a Third of its Chemical Weapons
2014-03-12 Read More...
Syria has shipped out about a third of its chemical weapons stockpile, including mustard gas, for destruction abroad, the global chemical arms watchdog said earlier this

U.S. Special Forces to Train Iraqi Special Forces in Jordan
2014-03-11 Read More...
The United States recently sent a small number of Special Forces soldiers to Jordan to train with counterparts from Iraq and Jordan, a new step in the Obama administration's effort to help Baghdad stamp out a resurgent al Qaeda threat, a U.S.

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