DEFENCE

Iran drones flyed over Saudi Arabia through Bahrain, says Israel diplomat

Iran drones flyed over Saudi Arabia through Bahrain, says Israel diplomat

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 […]

UAE supplying Ethiopia with military support news reports claim

UAE supplying Ethiopia with military support news reports claim

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 […]

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 […]