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Iran Opens New Space Center
2013-06-12 Read More...
Iran has opened a new space center to monitor and observe space objects and satellites passing through the country’s

Egypt: “Any Obstacle to the Nile’s Flow is a National Threat”
2013-06-11 Read More...
Egypt's Foreign Minister, vowing not to give up “a single drop of water from the Nile”, said he would go to Addis Ababa to discuss a giant dam that Ethiopia has begun building in defiance of Cairo's

Jordan Starts “Eager Lion” Military Exercises
2013-06-10 Read More...
Jordan announced Saturday the start of “Eager Lion” military exercises with the participation of 8,000 soldiers from 19 Arab and Western countries, said Major General Awni el-Edwan, the Jordan Armed Forces' Operations

Kerry Quietly Approves $1.3bn Military Aid to Egypt
2013-06-10 Read More...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last month approved $1.3 billion in annual US military aid to Egypt, despite concerns over democratic progress by the country’s new government, a US official said

UN Rejects Russian Offer to Send Troops to Golan Height
2013-06-10 Read More...
Russia’s offer to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights was not accepted by the United Nations on

Austria to Withdraw its Troops from Golan Heights
2013-06-07 Read More...
Austria will withdraw its troops from the UN peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights, the government said Thursday, after Syrian rebels briefly seized a crossing on the Israel-Syria ceasefire

Syrian Rebels Lose Strategic Town of Qusair
2013-06-06 Read More...
Syrian government forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies seized control of the border town of Qusair on Wednesday, dealing a major defeat to rebel fighters battling to overthrow President Bashar

U.S. to Send Patriot Missiles, F-16s to Jordan for Drill
2013-06-04 Read More...
The United States will send a Patriot missile battery and F-16 fighters to Jordan for a drill and may keep them there to counter the threat posed by Syria’s civil war, U.S. officials said

Yaalon: “No Russian S-300s to Syria Before 2014”
2013-06-04 Read More...
Russia cannot deliver advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian regime before 2014, Israel’s Defense Minister asserted on

Russia, Syria Discuss MiG-29 Fighter Jet Deal
2013-06-03 Read More...
The Syrian government wants to revive a contract to purchase MiG-29M/M2 fighter jets from Russia, representatives of aircraft maker MiG said

Harris Wins Order from Middle East Country
2013-05-31 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $23 million order from a country in the Middle East as part of its tactical communications modernization

13th Meeting of the GCC Land Forces Commanders
2013-05-31 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s Chief of General Staff, General Hussein bin Abdullah Al-Qabil, inaugurated earlier this week the Exhibition of Land Forces for Equipment of Field Services (Riyadh, 27-30 May

Syria Confirms Receiving 1st Shipment of S-300 Missiles
2013-05-30 Read More...
Syria has already received the first shipment of an advanced Russian air defense system and will soon get the rest of the S-300 missiles, President Bashar Al-Assad was quoted as saying on

Israel Concludes Unconventional Warfare Drill
2013-05-30 Read More...
Amid mounting tensions with Syria, Israel's military and rescue forces on Sunday (26 May) launched a nationwide drill aimed at testing their readiness to cope with an unconventional weapons attack on the home

Russia Will Deliver S-300 Anti-Aircraft System to Syria
2013-05-29 Read More...
Russia will go ahead with plans to deliver S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria despite Western opposition and Israel saying it would “know how to act” if Syrians receive the advanced weapons

Emirates & CAE Open 2nd Flight Training Centre in Dubai
2013-05-28 Read More...
Emirates and CAE officially inaugurated Monday their ultra-modern pilot training facility at the world-class commercial park Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), hosting an event attended by customers and officials from around the world. The DSO centre is the

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