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Oman Requests F-16 A/C Weapon Systems
2012-12-14 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress December 11 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Oman for a number of F-16 A/C weapon systems, as well as associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an

US Gives 6 Huey 2 Helicopters to Lebanese Air Force
2012-12-14 Read More...
The US has given 6 military helicopters to the Lebanese air force, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday, bolstering forces that have been struggling to deal with violence spreading over the border from

Iraq Takes Delivery of C-130J Super Hercules
2012-12-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered a C-130J Super Hercules to the Iraqi Air Force at formal ceremonies in Marietta, Georgia on 12 December

Unification of the Free Syrian Army
2012-12-13 Read More...
More than 500 leading figures in the groups and fighting brigades in Syria declared the unification of the free army and the constitution of a staff board and a higher revolutionary military council, whose mission is to monitor the work of the staff

Iraq’s Kurdistan President Inspects Peshmerga Forces
2012-12-13 Read More...
Massud Barzani, the President of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, inspected Kurdish Peshmerga Security Forces in the disputed north Iraq province of Kirkuk earlier this week, a Kurdish General

U.S. to Declare Al-Nusra Front of Syria a Terrorist Group
2012-12-13 Read More...
The United States will declare the Al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group battling to overthrow Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, a “foreign terrorist organization,” documents showed

Qatar Emiri Air Force Receives 4th C-17 Globemaster III
2012-12-12 Read More...
The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) has received its fourth C-17 Globemaster III, a high-wing, four-engine, T-tailed military-transport aircraft, in Long Beach, California on 10 December

The Saudi Armed Forces Exhibition for Spare Parts
2012-12-12 Read More...
Sabic is sponsoring the ongoing Armed Forces Exhibition for Spare Parts and Materials 2012 (08-13 December 2012), which aims to opening channels of cooperation between the Armed Forces and the private local

Prince Salman Receives UK Chief-of-Staff, US Delegation
2012-12-11 Read More...
HRH Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, received the British Chief- of-Staff General David Richards and his accompanying delegation in Riyadh on

Syrian Opposition Groups Elect Head of New Military Command
2012-12-11 Read More...
Syrian armed opposition groups have chosen Brigadier Selim Idris, a former Officer in President Bashar al-Assad's army, to head their new Islamist-dominated military command, opposition sources said on

Two Iranian Warships Dock in Port Sudan
2012-12-11 Read More...
Two Iranian warships docked in Port Sudan on Saturday, a witness said, marking the second port call by the Iranian Navy in Sudan in five

US Navy Admiral Visits Lebanon
2012-12-10 Read More...
US Navy CENTCOM Commander Rear Admiral Kevin D. Scott visited Lebanon on Friday, where he participated in a ceremony to commission a new US-manufactured vessel for the Lebanese

Iran Rejects UAE Renewed Call for Talks on Gulf Islands
2012-12-10 Read More...
Iran brushed away a renewed call from the United Arab Emirates for the two countries to resolve through discussion their vying claims to 3 strategic islands in the

Saudi Arabia Eyes German Armored Vehicles
2012-12-07 Read More...
Saudi Arabia has officially asked about purchasing several hundred German armored fighting vehicles, the magazine Spiegel

Royal Guard of Oman Tests MBDA’s VL MICA Missile
2012-12-07 Read More...
On 24 September 2012, the Royal Guard of Oman (RGO) successfully carried out the first operational firing of a VL MICA missile.

IFSEC & OSH Arabia 2012 Security Conference
2012-12-07 Read More...
IFSEC & OSH Arabia (http://www.ifsec-osh-arabia.com/) the International Conference and Exhibition for Industrial Security returns to Saudi Arabia with its most impressive security conference program to

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