WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama is still planning delivery of the first F-16 multi-role fighters to Iraq. Officials said after months of delay the Defense Department (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey’s leading defense contractor has reported a huge profit increase in 2014. Turkey’s state-owned Aselsan said net profits rose during the first half of 2014 by 100 (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran said it had identified the launching point of an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle. A senior Iranian military commander indicated that an Israeli UAV sent on a (more…)
WASHINGTON — The United States has reported a confrontation with Iran in the Gulf. The U.S. military said a coast guard vessel in the Gulf encountered what was described (more…)
AMMAN — Jordan has reported a crackdown on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Security sources said the General Intelligence Department has raided strongholds of ISIL in late August. (more…)
AMMAN — Jordan has disclosed recruitment by the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. The State Security Court has handed down indictments against eight people charged with recruiting for Hizbullah. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military still supports its stockpile in Kuwait. The Defense Department has awarded several contracts meant to support the U.S. military stockpile in the Gulf Cooperation (more…)
ABU DHABI — Qatar has been engaged in another dispute with the Gulf Cooperation Council. Bahrain, one of six GCC members, has protested a decision by Qatar to offer (more…)
On Aug. 29, Japan unveiled the 2015 defense budget which marks a 3.5 percent increase, making it the largest defense budget in post-war Japan. The news underscored the nation’s (more…)
