The signing of the contract follows the selection of Rafale earlier this year, after a first acquisition of second-hand F-16s failed in 2019. Croatia signed a government-to-government deal with France, worth 999 million euros, for the acquisition of 12 second-hand Dassault Rafale during a ceremony in Zagreb on Nov. 25, 2021. The ceremony was attended […]
The US military will re-inforce deployments and bases directed at China and Russia, while maintaining forces in the Middle East adequate to deter Iran and jihadist groups, the Pentagon said Monday, referencing results of a review. The US Defense Department will be upgrading and expanding military facilities in Guam and Australia, underscoring its focus on […]
The Arab coalition struck Iranian Revolutionary Guard experts in Yemen’s capital, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The coalition asked civilians in Sanaa not to gather near the targeted sites. The operation complies with international humanitarian law and its customary rules, the coalition said. The coalition has hit a number of sites in the capital in […]
With a newly formed defence alliance with Britain and the United States, Australia has formally embarked on a hotly contested programme to equip its naval forces with nuclear submarines. The agreement is the first to be signed publicly since the three countries announced in September the formation of a defence alliance, AUKUS, to confront strategic […]
Egyptian Minister of Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi and the president of the Saudi General Organization for Military Industries Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Mady held talks on the possibility of exchanging experiences and manufacturing technology. They met on the sidelines of the Saudi delegation’s visit to Egypt to participate in the Second International Defense Expo, which […]
Iranian drones targeting Saudi Arabia fly over Bahraini airspace, the Israeli envoy to Manama said yesterday. Itay Tagner told the US’ Axios that Iran had opened a “front against us in Syria and Lebanon, but now when they look across the Gulf, they see us there with our allies very close to them.” “Since the […]
Satellite images appear to show the UAE has opened an air bridge to provide the Ethiopian government military support in its fight against oppositionists in Tigray, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. More than 90 flights were found to have travelled between the Emirates and Ethiopia between September and November this year, the news channel said. Exact […]
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz’s to Morocco, and the signing of military agreements “targets Algeria”, local media outlets reported Speaker of the Algerian Council of the Nation (Upper House), Saleh Goudjil, said yesterday. “The enemies are recruiting more and more to obstruct Algeria’s path, and today matters have become clear when we see the defence […]
Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, and Khalifa Shaheen Almarar, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, today met Ali Baghreri-Kani, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The two sides discussed bilateral relations and “emphasized the importance of strengthening them,” based on good […]
Former US President Donald Trump told a radio interviewer yesterday that Israel “literally owned Congress” while commenting on the unrivalled influence that the occupation state has in Washington and the threat posed by progressive American politicians to its status. “The biggest change I’ve seen in Congress is Israel literally owned Congress — you understand that […]
