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Raytheon Delivers 1st Upgraded Patriot Radar to Kuwait
2012-01-05 Read More...
Raytheon Company completed its first Configuration-3 Patriot radar upgrade for the State of Kuwait. This is the first of six radar modernization deliveries due under contract to the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile

New Chief-of-Staff for the Libyan Armed Forces
2012-01-05 Read More...
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Chairman of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), appointed Yousef al-Manqoush as Head of the Armed Forces in the first significant move to build a new Libyan military and warned that the country could descend into a

Lebanon to Host “Democracy in the Arab World” Conference
2012-01-05 Read More...
Lebanon will host this month a U.N. conference on “Democracy in the Arab World”, with a slew of high-level dignitaries, including U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon, due to attend, organizers and Lebanese officials

Pentagon: “F-15 Sale to Saudi Arabia Part of a Broader Cooperation”
2012-01-04 Read More...
The recently announced $29.4 billion sale of F-15SA fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia is just one part of a broader U.S.-Saudi military sales and defense cooperation effort that's central to regional security, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little

Iran Warns US Carrier from Returning to Gulf
2012-01-03 Read More...
Major General Ataollah Salehi, Commander of Iran's Army told the United States that a US aircraft carrier which left the area because of Iranian naval exercises should not return to the Gulf, the state news agency reported on

US Bolsters UAE Missile Defences
2012-01-02 Read More...
The US has announced a $ 3.48bn arms deal with the United Arab Emirates as part of a wider American effort to build up missile defences among Gulf

Iran Test Fires Medium-Range Missile
2012-01-02 Read More...
Iran successfully test fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile on Sunday during navy war games taking place near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a spokesman for the maneuver said, according to the official IRNA news

Boeing’s President & CEO Welcomes the Saudi F-15 Deal
2011-12-30 Read More...
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney welcomed the announcement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that it has reached an agreement to purchase from the U.S. government 84 new Boeing F-15 fighter aircraft and to upgrade 70 of its existing

Saudi F-15 Fighter Deal Formally Sealed
2011-12-30 Read More...
The United States has signed a $ 29.4 billion deal to sell 84 new F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a long-expected move that the Obama administration said on Thursday would boost Gulf security amid mounting tension with

US Won’t Tolerate Any Hormuz Traffic Disruption
2011-12-30 Read More...
The US warned Iran it will not tolerate any disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran threatened to choke off the vital Persian Gulf oil transport route if Washington imposes sanctions targeting its crude

Mikati: “No Proof of Al-Qaeda along Lebanese-Syrian Border”
2011-12-30 Read More...
There is “no conclusive proof” that al-Qaeda is operating along the Lebanese-Syrian border, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said, as controversy brews over remarks by Lebanon's pro-Syrian Defense

Dubai Int’l to Surpass 50m Passengers in 2011
2011-12-30 Read More...
Dubai International (DXB) achieved a passenger traffic growth of 8.9% in November compared to the same period last year and the airport is on track to surpass the 50 million-mark in annual traffic this year, Dubai Airports announced this

US Poised to Announce $30 Billion F-15 Saudi Deal
2011-12-29 Read More...
The Obama administration is poised to announce the sale of nearly $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said

Iranian Drones Operate Successfully in Velayat-90 Drills
2011-12-29 Read More...
Spokesman for the grand 'Velayat-90' war games said the Iranian Navy drones conducted successful patrolling and surveillance

Doha Prepares to Launch Milipol Qatar 2012
2011-12-29 Read More...
Under the high patronage of H.H.Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, and his Heir apparent H.H.Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Doha is preparing the launch of the 9th session of the internal State Security exhibition -

Iran Threatens to Close Strait of Hormuz
2011-12-28 Read More...
No oil will be permitted to pass through the key oil transit Strait of Hormuz if the West applies sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, Iranian Vice President Ali Rahimi warned on Tuesday.

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