WASHINGTON — The United States has determined that Gulf Cooperation Council members were financing Al Qaida. The State Department asserted that GCC states represented a major source of funding (more…)
NICOSIA — China and Iran have agreed to improve defense cooperation. Officials said the two countries discussed options for expanded security and military cooperation during a visit to Beijing (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey has approved a plan for a restructuring of the military whose command structure was decimated by the Islamist government after many general were accused of planning (more…)
LONDON — An industry report has designated Israel as a leader in military robots. Research and Markets issued a report that named such companies as Israel Aerospace Industries and (more…)
WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama, under increasing pressure from Congress, has imposed additional sanctions on missile suppliers to Iran. The Treasury Department designated people and entities (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has reported development of an aircraft meant to intercept unmanned aerial vehicles. The Iranian military has designed and assembled a UAV to detect, track and destroy (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt faces the prospect of coordinated bombings. Al Qaida-aligned militias were said to have reached a new capability in its campaign against Egypt’s military-backed regime. Security sources (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has reported the capture of a Hamas military network in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency said it located and dismantled a Hamas military (more…)
ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council is lobbying for the lifting of restrictions on U.S. ballistic missile defense systems. GCC sources said several of the six member-state were (more…)
