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Iran to Boost Gulf Naval Presence over Disputed Islands
2012-11-05 Read More...
Iran will increase its naval presence in the Gulf to strengthen its authority over three islands - near the oil shipping routes at the mouth of the strategic Strait of Hormuz - which the UAE says are its territory, Tehran

Boeing Wins $4 Billion Saudi Fighter Jet Deal
2012-11-05 Read More...
Boeing has secured a contract valued at $4 billion to modernize the Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force's fighter jet fleet, the Pentagon said on

French President Visits Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
2012-11-05 Read More...
French President Francois Hollande discussed Iran and the situation in unrest-hit Syria with Saudi King Abdullah in the city of Jeddah on Sunday on his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom, a spokesman

NATO Patriot Missiles May Soon be Deployed in Turkey
2012-11-05 Read More...
Ankara plans to request NATO deploy a Patriot missile defense system in its territories in case of escalation of the scale of attacks against Turkey by the Syrian

Vahidi: “Iran Has More Advanced UAVs than Ayoub Drone”
2012-11-01 Read More...
Iran has in its possession UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) which are far more advanced than the one which Hezbollah recently sent into Israel, Iran’s Defense Minister was quoted as saying by a local

New Moroccan Frigate Sails through Sea Acceptance Trials
2012-10-31 Read More...
Recently, the third and last of the Royal Moroccan Navy’s new Sigma class frigates was subjected to its Sea Acceptance Trials

2 Iranian Vessels Dock in Sudan Amid Arms Factory Blast
2012-10-30 Read More...
Two Iranian navy vessels docked at a Sudan port on Monday, just 5 days after the explosion at an arms factory in Khartoum, media reports

Lockheed to Supply Omnyx™ System to Jordanian Air Force
2012-10-30 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (LM) a $26 million foreign military sales contract to modernize the Royal Jordanian Air Force’s national air command, control and communications

Iranian Stealth UAV
2012-10-26 Read More...
Iranian experts have designed the Liko, a stealth UAV that can carry a payload of up to 100kg and fly for three hours, using the double-engines installed in

Report: “About 70 US Nuclear Bombs Are in Turkey”
2012-10-26 Read More...
There are nearly 70 American B61 nuclear bombs in Turkey. All of them are deployed on the Turkish Incirlik Air Base,

Sudan Accuses Israel of Striking Yarmouk Arms Factory
2012-10-26 Read More...
Sudan said on Wednesday that an Israeli air strike had caused the huge explosion and fire at an arms factory in Khartoum that killed two people, but Israel's Defense Minister declined to

Farah: “Iran’s Missiles can be Launched from Boats”
2012-10-25 Read More...
Deputy Defense Minister and Head of Iran’s Aerospace Organization, General Mehdi Farah, said that “Our missiles can be launched from boats with speeds of over 30 knots, and these missiles include Zafar, Nasr, Nour and Qader.”

Qatar’s Emir Pays Historic Visit to Gaza
2012-10-24 Read More...
The Emir of Qatar entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday for a visit that will raise the prestige of its isolated Islamist rulers in the Hamas movement, but disappoint Israel and mainstream Palestinian leaders in the West

FBI to Help Lebanon Probe Beirut’s Car Bombing
2012-10-24 Read More...
The United States will send a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team to help Lebanon probe the Beirut car bombing that killed the country’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) Chief Brigadier General Wissam

Iran’s Basij Forces Stage Massive Wargames
2012-10-23 Read More...
Iranian Basij (volunteer) Forces staged a massive wargames in the country’s Western Province of Kermanshah on

U.S., Israel Begin Large-Scale Military Exercise
2012-10-23 Read More...
The U.S. and Israeli militaries on Sunday began their largest-ever joint exercise to practice integrating defense systems in case of massive missile attacks on the Jewish state, bolstering efforts to deter possible strikes by Iran and its

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