DEFENCE

Parliament speaker: Israel DM’s visit to Morocco ‘targets Algeria’

Parliament speaker: Israel DM’s visit to Morocco ‘targets Algeria’

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 […]

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator visits the UAE, meets senior officials for “strengthen their bilateral relations”

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator visits the UAE, meets senior officials for “strengthen their bilateral relations”

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 […]

Israel ‘literally owned Congress,’ claims Trump

Israel ‘literally owned Congress,’ claims Trump

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 […]

Tawazun Economic Council: The UAE MoD to acquire the Korean MSAM air defence

Tawazun Economic Council: The UAE MoD to acquire the Korean MSAM air defence

Tariq Abdul Rahim Al Hosani, CEO of the Tawazun Economic Council, revealed that the UAE Ministry of Defence intends to acquire the Korean Air Defence System (MSAM), which will constitute a qualitative addition to the capabilities of the national air defence, explaining that the value of the deal may reach about $3.5 billion (about Dhs12.9 […]

RHEINMETAL tests on composite rubber track on Lynx IFV have been successfully completed

RHEINMETAL tests on composite rubber track on Lynx IFV have been successfully completed

Rheinmetall, the largest supplier of military vehicles to the Australian Defence Force has successfully completed demonstration trials of the Soucy Composite Rubber Track (CRT) system on the Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). Rheinmetall Managing Director Gary Stewart said the CRT demonstration confirmed the Lynx IFV was capable of utilising both steel and composite rubber […]

Ex-Mossad chief: Israel should think twice before attacking Iran

Ex-Mossad chief: Israel should think twice before attacking Iran

Tel Aviv should refrain from attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities unless it has the capacity to completely destroy them, the former head of Israel’s Military Intelligence, Tamir Pardo, said yesterday. Speaking at a panel at Reichman University’s Institute for Policy and Strategy conference in Herzliya, Pardo warned that a military strike on Iran’s nuclear programme would […]

Iran says 9 soldiers killed in clashes with US Navy in Persian Gulf

Iran says 9 soldiers killed in clashes with US Navy in Persian Gulf

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, Monday, that nine soldiers were killed in direct clashes with the US Navy in the Persian Gulf waters, local media reported. The Mehr News Agency quoted Navy commander, Alireza Tangsiri, as saying that the clashes took place in the Persian Gulf, without specifying the time, Anadolu News Agency […]

M. Rubin: “Ankara is supplying drones to all the Islamists in Africa – It must be stopped”

M. Rubin: “Ankara is supplying drones to all the Islamists in Africa – It must be stopped”

In early November, Somali authorities seized six dismantled Turkish drones at Mogadishu International Airport with which Ankara intends to arm its friendly Islamist extremist organizations of the Sahel and the Somali Al-Shebab, as defencenet. ru reveals However, Turkish pressure forced the Somali authorities to release the Turkish engineers accompanying the mission. The engineers claimed that […]

Moroccan Armed Forces are examining Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system

Moroccan Armed Forces are examining Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system

Morocco is interested in acquiring Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system according to a report on Saturday by the Moroccan news site Le Desk. The Iron Dome, designed to intercept and destroy short-range projectiles including rockets and drones, produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems “would ensure the better defense of the sand wall in the […]