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Saudi King Appoints New Deputy Defense Minister
2013-08-09 Read More...
Upon the recommendations of Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud relieved Prince Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin

Saudi King Receives New Qatar’s Emir
2013-08-06 Read More...
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received in Makkah on 02 August 2013 Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar and his accompanying

Prince Salman Receives Chief of General Staff, Saudi Commanders
2013-07-16 Read More...
Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received in Jeddah last week the Chief of General Staff, General Hussein bin Abdullah Al-Qabil; Deputy Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Abdulaziz bin

Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Inspects Naval Units
2013-07-05 Read More...
Prince Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed, Deputy Minister of Defense, inspected Thursday, as part of his current tour of the Armed Forces in the Eastern Region, the marines units, naval security units of the Eastern fleet and the marines training

Prince Mohammed bin Naif Visits France
2013-05-31 Read More...
Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrived in Paris earlier this week on an official visit to

Heavy Cyber Attacks Hit Key Saudi Government Sites
2013-05-20 Read More...
Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were sabotaged in a series of heavy cyber attacks from abroad in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government

Saudi Chief Receives Commander of Yemeni Air Forces
2013-05-13 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s Chief of General Staff, General Hussein bin Abdullah Al-Qabil, received on Sunday the Commander of Air Forces and Air Defense of the Republic of Yemen Air Vice Marshall Rashed bin Nasser Al-Jund and the accompanying

Chinese Army on High Alert Amid North Korean Tension
2013-04-04 Read More...
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is on high alert and making contingency plans for a further escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, dpa quoted a source with close ties to the Chinese military as

Japan’s Prince Receives Saudi Deputy Defense Minister
2013-03-29 Read More...
Prince Akishino, son of Emperor of Japan received at his palace in Tokyo Thursday, Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense, who is currently on a several-day official visit to

Saudi Deputy Chief of Staff Receives French Delegation
2013-03-26 Read More...
Saudi Deputy Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Hussein, received in Riyadh on Monday the Assistant Chief of General Staff of French Armed Forces for International Relations Air Marshall Grasian Mir and his

Saudi, Omani Forces to Conduct Military Exercises
2013-01-25 Read More...
Royal Saudi Land Forces are preparing for conducting exercises with Omani Forces in the Northern-Western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia early next

Prince Salman Decorates Senior Saudi Commanders
2013-01-25 Read More...
In implementation of the order of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al

Kuwait Navy Commander Visits Pakistan
2012-09-27 Read More...
Brigadier General Jassim Mohammed Al-Ansari, Commander of Kuwait Naval Forces accompanied by his personal staff, is on an official visit to

Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense Receives Egypt’s Army Chief
2012-09-17 Read More...
Saudi Arabi’a Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz received today, in his office at the Ministry of Defense in Jeddah, the Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lt. General Sidqi Subhi Sayed and the accompanying

Prince Salman Receives Pakistan’s Defense Attaché
2012-08-01 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received Saturday at his office in Jeddah Pakistan's Military Attaché to the Kingdom Brigadier General Hassan Jalil

Saudi Minister of Defense Arrives in Spain
2012-06-07 Read More...
Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi Minister of Defense, arrived in Madrid Wednesday in an official visit to

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