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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

King Abdullah’s Son to Head Saudi National Guard
2013-05-28 Read More...
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah named his son to head a new National Guard Ministry on Monday, strengthening the force's role in the Kingdom.The elevation of Prince Miteb (photo), which state media said came in a royal decree, has few strategic or

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