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Iran’s Maritime Border Guards Acquire Heidar Class Boats
2019-07-16 Read More...
Iranian maritime border guards celebrated acquiring new boats of Heidar class, a 20-meter long vessel which is completely indigenous and enjoys more than 500 advanced features, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Tunisian President Awards Departing Saudi Military Attaché
2019-07-15 Read More...
Tunisian President Mohammed Béji Caïd Essebsi conferred in Tunis Friday on the Saudi Military Attaché, at the Embassy of the Kingdom, Brigadier Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Sahayan, a third class Order of the Republic of

Qatar Becomes 1st AMRAAM-ER Customer, 11th NASAMS Partner
2019-07-12 Read More...
Raytheon Company announced it was awarded two direct commercial sales contracts by the State of Qatar for additional integrated air and missile defense

U.S., Qatar Announce New Defense, Aviation Deals
2019-07-11 Read More...
U.S. President Donald Trump gave a warm White House welcome Tuesday to the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, while recognizing the country’s extensive military partnership with the U.S. and billions of dollars in purchases from

Egyptian Military Production Ministry, Saudi Newton Sign MoU
2019-07-11 Read More...
The Egyptian Minister of Military Production, Mohamed Al-Assar, witnessed the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with representatives of Newton, a leading business group in the Kingdom of Saudi

UMEX, SimTEX 2020 Organizing Committee Holds Meeting
2019-07-11 Read More...
The Higher Organizing Committee of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference (UMEX) and Simulation Exhibition and Conference (SimTEX) held its eighth preparatory meeting in the run-up to the dual mega event this past week,

Iraq Denies Arrival of New U.S. Soldiers to Al Asad Air Base
2019-07-09 Read More...
An Iraqi operations command denied on Saturday news reports about the deployment of more U.S. soldiers at the Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar

Bahrain’s Defense Chief Visits GCC Unified Maritime Operations Center
2019-07-08 Read More...
Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Field Marshal Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa paid a visit to the GCC Unified Maritime Operations Center where he was welcomed by its Commander Commodore Eid Abdullah Al

28th Batch of Cadets Graduate from UAE’s Joint Command & Staff College
2019-07-08 Read More...
The 28th batch of cadets graduated from the Joint Command and Staff College during a ceremony, held in Abu Dhabi last week, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai,

Bahrain’s Royal Guard Commander Chairs BIDEC 2019 Organizational Meeting
2019-07-05 Read More...
Royal Guard Commander and Head of the High Organizing Committee of Bahrain International Defence Exhibition and Conference (BIDEC 2019) Major General Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa chaired Wednesday the High Organizing Committee meeting of BIDEC

Egyptian-Indian Naval Forces Conduct Maritime Training
2019-07-05 Read More...
The Egyptian and Indian naval forces started on Wednesday maritime training on the northern fleet of the Mediterranean Sea during the visit of Indian ship, Ins-Tarkash, to the port of Alexandria and in conjunction with the Egyptian frigate,

Jordanian Prime Minister Meets Egyptian President, Defense Minister
2019-07-05 Read More...
Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz and Egyptian Minister of Defense and Military Production Lt. General Mohamed Zaki held a meeting in Cairo Wednesday that discussed means to strengthen the Jordanian-Egyptian cooperation in military and defense

French Defense Minister Concludes 3-Day Visit to Lebanon
2019-07-04 Read More...
The French Defense Minister, Florence Parly, arrived Monday evening in Beirut, commencing an official visit to Lebanon from 1 to 3 July

Egypt, France Start Ramses 2019 Joint Military Exercise
2019-07-04 Read More...
The Egyptian armed forces launched joint military drills with the French air and marine forces in the framework of boosting military cooperation between the two sides on Tuesday, according to Egypt’s military spokesperson, Tamer

UAE, Jordan Conclude ‘Bonds of Strength 1’ Military Exercise
2019-07-03 Read More...
The joint military exercise, ‘Bonds of Strength 1’, held in the UAE between the UAE Armed Forces and the Jordanian Armed Forces concluded Monday, Emirates News Agency WAM

CASIO Middle East Launches New G-SHOCK Military Color Series
2019-07-02 Read More...
CASIO Middle East successfully launched its G-SHOCK GA-2000 Military Color Series, a new line of military design inspired models with three vivid

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