Some 3,000 U.S. military personnel, including American “air, land, sea, and special operations components,” took part in a major Persian Gulf military exercise that coincided with the concluding rounds (more…)
ABU DHABI – The newly announced joint Arab defense force will be based in Egypt and mainly comprise forces from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Morocco, and be led by (more…)
Oman’s leader Sultan Qaboos returned to the Persian Gulf country on March 23 following extended and intensive treatment for what was said to be advanced form of cancer. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
The United States issued an alert on the fourth anniversary of a major Shi’ite uprising that rocked the country that hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
1,200 companies from 56 countries were on hand in February for the International Defense Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates selling everything from combat drones to satellites. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
Arab League chief Nabil Al Arabi formerly called for a unified Arab force on March 9, as advances by Iran and the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (more…)
United Arab Emirates has taken credit for additional air strikes against oil installations held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, which controls large areas of Iraq and (more…)
Less prominent than the news of U.S.-Iran diplomacy has been the flurry of foreign visits to Saudi Arabia which has signaled it would match whatever nuclear capabilities the West (more…)
The primary U.S. military response to the shocking capture of large swaths of territory by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has been air strikes many of which (more…)
