CAIRO — Officials said Egypt’s intelligence community has concluded that Arabs and Sunni Muslims were arriving in Egypt to join the revolt against the military-backed regime in Cairo. They (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey, under intense pressure from NATO, might copy a Chinese ballistic missile defense battery and claim it as an indigenous system. Western diplomats said NATO has assessed (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has bolstered forces along its border with Pakistan. Officials said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deployed hundreds of troops to prevent insurgency infiltration from Pakistan. They (more…)
ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has identified a man as the chief strategist of Al Qaida. On April 2, a Saudi court sentenced to death Faris Al Zahrani, in (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt has reported the capture of a leading Islamist fighter in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said the Egyptian Army joined with Central Security Forces to raid (more…)
ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council has been preparing for a reduction in the U.S. military’s presence as part of its rapproachment with Iran. A leading Western analyst (more…)
LONDON — NATO, despite a rift within the Arab alliance, continues to work to expand relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council. NATO said it planned to enhance cooperation with (more…)
Two refurbished PLA Navy vessels, the JH-III-class type 053H2 guided missile frigates, the Huangshi and Wuhu, were sold to the Bangladesh navy and entered service on March 1. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
WASHINGTON — Jordan has concluded that Israel would be a reliable energy supplier, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that Jordan would increasingly rely (more…)
