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Dubai Airshow’s Gulf Aviation Training Event
2011-08-22 Read More...
The first annual Gulf Aviation Training Event (GATE 2011), part of November’s Dubai Airshow, announced its keynote speakers - Captain Randolph Babbitt, Administrator of the US FAA, and William Voss, CEO of US-based Flight Safety

GCAA: Digital Flight Data & Cockpit Voice Recorders in Abu Dhabi
2011-08-22 Read More...
The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) opened a Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) laboratory at its corporate headquarter in Abu

GCC Ministers to Coordinate Stance on Regional Events
2011-08-19 Read More...
The GCC Council of Ministers is reportedly set to meet shortly to coordinate their stance on current events in the region, with particular reference to the situations in Syria and Libya, as well as conferring on the GCC initiative on the crisis in

Saleh: “See you soon in Sana'a!”
2011-08-18 Read More...
President Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed to return to Yemen soon from Saudi Arabia, where he has been recuperating from wounds he suffered in an attack on his palace

New Acting Iraqi Defense Minister
2011-08-17 Read More...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki appointed current Culture Minister Saadoun Al-Dailami as Acting Defense Minister, after 74 Iraqis got killed in a series of bomb

Kuwait’s Agility Pleads not guilty to US Fraud Charges
2011-08-17 Read More...
Kuwaiti logistics firm Agility pleaded not guilty to charges it defrauded the US government over multibillion-dollar supply contracts during the war in Iraq, a senior company official

Saudi King Meets with Turkish President
2011-08-17 Read More...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bib Abdul-Aziz held talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul at his palace and discussed major regional and international

General Dynamics Wins $42m Contracts for Saudi Tank Work
2011-08-16 Read More...
General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded 2 contracts with a combined value of $42.4 million for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Tank Program.

P&W's F100 Engine Powers 1st Royal Moroccan Air Force F16s
2011-08-16 Read More...
The Royal Moroccan Air Force unveiled the first 4 of 24 Pratt & Whitney-powered F-16 aircraft in a ceremony on August 4 at Ben Guerrir Air Base in Marrakech, Morocco.

Kuwait Beefs Up Security at Mubarak Port
2011-08-16 Read More...
Kuwait has beefed up security around a controversial port project ahead of a visit by an Iraqi delegation for talks, a security official was quoted as saying.

German TV: Saudi MIC-Heckler & Koch in Illegal Arms Deal
2011-08-15 Read More...
Germany's public television network ARD disclosed an illegal German arms deal with Saudi

Kuwait's Army Mobilized in Bobian Island
2011-08-15 Read More...
Kuwait's Defense Ministry has taken huge security precautions, represented by the mobilization of a Military Force in Bobian Island, close to the end of Iraq's Shatt al-Arab

Libyan Frigate Hit by RAF Jets
2011-08-15 Read More...
Royal Air Force (RAF) jets bombed a Libyan frigate in Tripoli’s harbor last week, along with various other key targets of forces loyal to Colonel

UN Envoys Concerned over NATO Strikes in Libya
2011-08-12 Read More...
Russia, India and other UN Security Council delegations voiced concerns about NATO strikes on Libyan state television last month, saying they were awaiting results of a NATO investigation as the Libyan state television showed what it said was

Security Council Warns of Growing Qaeda Threat in Yemen
2011-08-12 Read More...
The UN Security Council expressed concern that Al Qaeda could exploit the power vacuum in Yemen to gain an even greater foothold in the

Israel Deploys Drones over Gas Fields
2011-08-11 Read More...
Israel has deployed drones to keep watch on gas fields off its northern coast, fearing attack by Hezbollah from neighboring Lebanon, the Jerusalem Post daily

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