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Yemeni President Restructures Army & Defense Ministry
2012-12-24 Read More...
Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi (photo) announced last Wednesday the restructuring of the Army and Defense Ministry, purging them of relatives and cronies of former Head of State Ali Abdullah Saleh, AFP reported state television as

Over 20 Defence Attachés Discuss IDEX 2013
2012-12-21 Read More...
Organisers for the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) and Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX) met this week with diplomats from over 20 nations, including defence

Gulf Defence Conference 2013
2012-12-21 Read More...
The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) announced the key focus areas for the Gulf Defence Conference 2013 (GDC).

5 Russian Warships Heading to the Mediterranean
2012-12-19 Read More...
The Russian Defense Ministry said that 5 ships of the Russian Baltic Fleet are headed to the Mediterranean to replace the Black Sea Ships stationing

Chemical Arms Protection for U.N. Forces in Golan Height
2012-12-19 Read More...
The United Nations is providing its peace-keepers in the Syrian Golan Height with kits to protect them from chemical weapons that could be used in the Syrian conflict, a U.N. official told

Sillu: “Syria’s Chemical Arms Match Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal”
2012-12-18 Read More...
The Syrian regime has a large arsenal of chemical weapons, which matches up to Israel’s nuclear arsenal, the defected former Head of Syria's Chemical Warfare Program

The 2nd Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2013
2012-12-18 Read More...
The second Abu Dhabi Air Expo, a leading general aviation event, has doubled its exhibition space in order to cope with the increase in demand from the growing number of

Iran Warns Against Patriot Deployment in Turkey
2012-12-18 Read More...
Iran's Army Chief-of-Staff warned NATO that stationing Patriot anti-missile batteries on Turkey's border with Syria was setting the stage for world

Panetta Signs Order to Send Patriot Missiles to Turkey
2012-12-17 Read More...
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has signed an order to send 2 Patriot air defense missile batteries and 400 American troops to Turkey as part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization effort to protect Turkish territory from a potential

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

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