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Libyan Rebels Storm Qaddafi’s HQ
2011-08-24 Read More...
Libyan rebels hunted on Wednesday for Muammar Gaddafi and battled remnants of his forces after overrunning his compound, even as their leader Mahmoud Jibril was preparing to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy later in the

8th Manama Dialogue Forum Cancelled
2011-08-24 Read More...
A major annual security conference in Bahrain that attracts hundreds of top officials has been cancelled, said a leading official from the International Institute for Strategic Studies

GCC Condemns Israeli Aggressions on Egypt & Gaza
2011-08-24 Read More...
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayyani condemned the Israeli violations of the borders with Egypt and recurrent aggressions on Gaza

Qaddafi’s Son Appears in Public
2011-08-23 Read More...
Muammar Qaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam who rebels said they had captured appeared with dozens of cheering supporters in Tripoli on Tuesday saying the capital was “under control” of his father’s regime.

Kuwait Plans Compulsory Military Conscription
2011-08-23 Read More...
The new law re-introducing compulsory military conscription in Kuwait will be enacted shortly. The Parliament had suspended it in 2001. However, a draft legislation to enforce it again was submitted to the Parliament

1st Flight for TAI’s T129 Helicopter
2011-08-23 Read More...
Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) announced the successful first flight of the first T129 prototype, produced at TAI's facilities in Ankara, Turkey.

Libyan Rebels Hold Most of Tripoli
2011-08-23 Read More...
Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years in

Panetta: Iraq Agrees to Extend US Military Role
2011-08-23 Read More...
Iraq agreed to keep American troops in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

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.

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