Saudi and Iranian experts hold ‘security dialogue’ in Amman
Rivals said to discuss missile threats and cooperation on nuclear fuels, but Riyadh’s envoy to UN says Tehran is just ‘playing games’ with its regional diplomacy.
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The Turks discovered oil on the border with Syria
Apart from wanting to avoid the creation of aKurdish state and seeking the formation of a Turkmen state in Northern Syria, Ankara has another reason to achieve this goal, as it has discovered oil on the Turkish-Syrian border. It is not known what quantities of oil the Turks hope to have identified, but if there are serious deposits, then they are certainly […]
Pinaka Mk. 2 ER: India has completed testing on the increased range rockets
The tests of the 214 mm Pinaka Mk. 2 ER (Extended Range) rockets have been completed and the Indian Ministry of Defence has announced that the production of these rockets can now begin. The new rockets were developed by the state research organisation DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation). The new rockets achieve a maximum […]
Yemeni army commander killed in fighting outside Marib
UN Security Council to be briefed on Tuesday.
IXblue to Equip Finnish Navy’s Pohjanmaa-Class Corvettes
iXblue has been selected by the Finnish Navy to provide Phins Series Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Netans Data Distribution Units (DDU) as part of the Finnish Navy’s SQUADRON 2020 Project.
Syria state media says US forces ‘kidnapped civilians’ near Deir Ezzor
DUBAI: US forces carried out on Monday at dawn a “large airborne operation” near Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria, Syrian state news agency SANA said. The American forces landed in the town of Busayra, east of Deir al-Zor, and “kidnapped a number of civilians,” it said. There was no independent confirmation of the report. The […]
The Rafale is now also becoming a fighter as a joint “Arab-Mediterranean fighter”
Western Sahara, 80% of which is controlled by Morocco, has extensive phosphate reserves and rich fishing grounds in the Atlantic. Algeria has long hosted and supported the Polisario Front, which seeks full independence for the territory and has called for a self-determination referendum under UN supervision, as provided for in a 1991 ceasefire agreement. Morocco […]
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to discuss global developments on 15 December
According to a statement by the official spokesman of China‘s Foreign Ministry, talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are scheduled for December 15. The talks will be held in the form of a video call, TASS reports. “On December 15, President Xi Jinping of the People‘s Republic of China will […]
Ankara unveiled the KMG 556: Ready for mass production
Kalekalıp Business Development Director Türker Özcihan said the KMG 556 is Turkey‘s first 5. 56mm machine gun for which certification has been completed, he said: “It was developed by Kalekalıp engineers with fully in-house facilities. While doing this, we are not copying a reverse-engineered product, but creating our own specifications. It‘s a product of our […]
Damaged USS Connecticut Arrives at San Diego After Long Surface Journey
Both USNI News and TheWarzone reported that the damaged U.S. Navy’s nuclear- powered attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) arrived at San Diego, California, on Sunday, December 12, 2021, after a surface transit of 6,182 miles (9,950 kilometers or 5,372 nautical miles) from Guam. Based on pictures by famous ship spotter Twitter account WarshipCam, the […]