ANKARA — Turkey has been lobbying to establish defense relations with Kuwait. A Turkish delegation headed by President Abdullah Gul visited the Gulf Cooperation Council sheikdom and promoted Ankara’s (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey and Pakistan have pledged to enhance defense and military cooperation. Officials said the two Muslim states agreed to explore joint ventures in weapons development. They said (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has accumulated an arsenal of precision-guided artillery shells. The Israeli military has converted its artillery shells with GPS and other systems meant to strike targets (more…)
BACKGROUNDER Loss of joint major weapons projects keenly felt by Russia, Ukraine Boeing and GE resume aircraft service and components to Iran China refuses to participate in arbitration with (more…)
AMMAN — Syrian rebels have become demoralized and halted most operations against the regime of President Bashar Assad, a report said. The Al Quds Center for Political Studies said (more…)
As the 6th largest arms export country in the world, Ukraine has counted China as its top customer for the past two decades. On March 25, a Russian-designed Il-78 (more…)
WASHINGTON — At a time when its energy requirements from Saudi Arabia are declining and its investment in improved ties with Iran is increasing, President Obama visited Riyad last (more…)
WASHINGTON — A leading U.S. intelligence analyst told a House subcommittee that Teheran was rapidly becoming a global power in cyberwarfare. Former House Intelligence Committee chairman Peter Hoekstra asserted (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt’s intelligence community has determined that Al Qaida planned a campaign to drive out foreigners from the Arab state. Officials said the community assessed that Al Qaida’s (more…)
