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Saudi Arabia & Pakistan in Joint Military Exercise
2011-10-10 Read More...
On behalf of Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General for Military Affairs, Prince Lieutenant General Khaled Bin Bandar Bin Abdul Aziz, Commander of the Saudi Royal Land

Egypt Acquires F-16s Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod
2011-10-07 Read More...
Egypt is now the 13th international customer for Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP), which provides precision targeting and non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (NTISR) in a single lightweight

Prince Naif: Unrest in Arab World Distressing
2011-10-07 Read More...
The Kingdom is distressed over the current wave of unrest sweeping the Arab World, Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior,

Yemeni General: “West Cuts Counter-Terrorism Aid”
2011-10-07 Read More...
The US and other Western donors have cut counter-terrorism aid to Yemen’s Army during 8 months of mass protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, his nephew and leader of a key paramilitary unit

Iraqi Won't Grant Immunity to US Trainers
2011-10-06 Read More...
Leaders of Iraq's political forces, meeting under patronage of President Jalal Talabani earlier this week, agreed to keep American trainers to train Iraqi forces but would not grant them immunity as requested by

Saudi Arabia Firmly Responds to Recent Rioting
2011-10-06 Read More...
Blaming a “foreign country” for this week’s unrest in the Eastern Governorate of Qatif, the Saudi Interior Ministry said 14 people - including 11 security personnel - were

Fincantieri Signs New UAE Navy Contract
2011-10-05 Read More...
On the occasion of the visit of Paola Romani, Italy’s Minister of Economic Development, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Fincantieri signed a new contract with the UAE Navy within the framework of the program currently in

Al Khalifa: "Bahrain Airshow Sales May Top $5bn"
2011-10-04 Read More...
"Sales during the upcoming Bahrain International Airshow are expected exceed $5 billion", said a top government

Tripoli Gets New Militia of 22,000 Armed Men
2011-10-04 Read More...
A Libyan revolutionary Officer announced the creation on Sunday of an armed group to keep order in

Tantawi: “We Were Not Ordered to Shoot Protestors”
2011-10-04 Read More...
Egypt’s military ruler on Sunday defended his testimony last month in the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, denying that the army was ever ordered to shoot protesters during the uprising earlier this

New Advanced Missile Joins Iran’s Air Defense
2011-10-03 Read More...
A new advanced medium-range missile system entitled “Mersad” has been delivered to the Air Defense Units of the Iranian Armed

Indra Wins New Kuwait Airport Order
2011-10-03 Read More...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Kuwait awarded Indra (Spain) the implementation of an advanced controller-pilot data link communication system in Kuwait city airport.

Emirates Considering $1bn Bond
2011-10-03 Read More...
Dubai's flagship Emirates airline is planning to issue $ 1 billion in bonds, a Senior Official was quoted as saying this past week, to counter uncertainty about financing as European banks

Iraq Settles 1st F-16s Payment
2011-09-30 Read More...
The Iraqi government has transferred its first payment for 18 F-16C Fighting Falcons, bringing Iraq closer to independently securing its airspace, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little

Lockheed Delivers 4 C-130J Super Hercules to Qatar
2011-09-30 Read More...
At ceremonies held Wednesday at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia, company officials formally delivered four C-130J Super Hercules airlifters to the State of

Iran to Deploy Ships Close to US Waters
2011-09-30 Read More...
Iran's Navy is going to deploy ships close to US territorial waters, its Commander-in-Chief was quoted as saying earlier this

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