Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have released a list of terror financiers comprising of 59 individuals and 12 groups in a joint statement. The anti-Qatar coalition has accused Doha of supporting or harbouring terror organizations
Saudi Arabia has launched new military industries company ‘Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced Thursday. SAMI will manufacture products and provide services across four business units: Air Systems, which includes maintenance and repair of fixed-wing aircraft as well as manufacturing and repair of unmanned air...
Saudi Arabia has officially admitted that some 1500 of its citizens are fighting for various terrorist organizations including the Islamic State in Syria. “As many as 2,093 Saudis are fighting abroad alongside terror outfits,” the Middle Eastern country confirmed
China is making inroads into the African defense market by setting up a military base and exporting military equipment to almost two thirds of African countries. Countries including Algeria, Angola, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Chad, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda, Ghana and Zambia have bought military equipment from China in the recent...
Russia has reached out to Turkey, requesting access to the US-built Incerlik air base, which is already a which is used by anti-IS coalition forces to hit targets in Iraq and Syria. Russia considers Incerlik air base as convenient launch pad for Syrian airstrikes, Sputnik News reported Tuesday
The Yemeni rebel army with a backing from Houthi Ansarullah movement have hit a sixth Saudi warship by a missile since October 7 this year. According to PressTv which quoted a Yemeni Arabic al-Masirah news website, the Yemeni rebel army hit a Saudi military vessel by a missile off Mukha coast in Taizz early on Saturday
The Iranian Navy on Monday has unveiled new locally-made naval radars. The systems that were operationalized include sea-based X-band and S-band radars, stationed at a different naval bases in the country
China and many other nations have requested Iran to train their marine and commando task forces for anti-piracy missions. "Given our forces' power and preparedness and the type of our trainings, other countries, including China, have demanded us to train them how to repel pirate attacks against their ships," Commander of Army Marine Training Base in Northern Iran Second Admiral Alireza Bayati said
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of former national security adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, and other officials, after they were involved in arms purchase scandal. The officially were charged in $5
The USA and UK have intercepted information, which suggests that bomb might have been carried on the Russian plane Metrojet Airbus A321, which crashed last Saturday at Egypts Sinai Peninsula. The information was disclosed following a joint US-British intelligence operation, which "used satellites to uncover electronic communications" between Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Egypt, various media reported today
Lockheed Martin is partnering Sweden's Exechon AB and Abu Dhabi based Injaz National to set up a joint venture in the UAE for advanced machining technology. The Abu Dhabi-based joint venture, Exechon Enterprises will establish an engineering and manufacturing center for Parallel Kinematics Machining (PKM) in the aerospace, defense and automotive sectors, as well as other industrial areas
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the formation of a 13-man committee to probe the procurement of weapons by the military in the last eight years. President Buhari has asked the national security advisor to form the investigative committee, an official statement from the presidents office said