BY: YAHYA BOSTAN* Turkish military presence in Qatar is highly important for the stability and security of not only Qatar but the entire Gulf region. In recent weeks, Turkey’s military base in Qatar became a hot-button [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch has called on Lebanese authorities to hold soldiers responsible for the “unlawful” public beatings of protesters last week in the capital Beirut. A rights group has called on the Lebanese authorities to [ More … ]
Thirteen soldiers killed after helicopter hits high-voltage transmission line minutes after take-off. Turkey’s military says 13 soldiers have died in a helicopter crash near the border with Iraq. A military statement said the AS532 Cougar [ More … ]
Turkey and Georgia will discuss development of economic relations during the 2nd meeting of the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council between Turkey and Georgia, the Turkish Economy Ministry told Trend May 22. Prime Minister of [ More … ]
Turkish troops will participate in Pakistan’s military parade on March 23, a Pakistani army official announced Monday. The Pakistani parade marks Pakistan’s 1940 independence resolution. In a statement, Pakistani army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor said [ More … ]
Turkish ‘Hurriyet’ daily newspaper has apologized for a headline that was rejected by both the government and the military Hurriyet’s headline alleged that there is an ‘unease’ at the country’s military headquarters, which angered Turkish [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia is participating in the Idex International Defense Exhibition and Conference 2017, being held in Abu Dhabi from Sunday through Thursday. Abdullah Al-Meleihi, a board member of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce [ More … ]
A 16-year-old Palestinian detainee has had to undergo a below-the-knee amputation, due to severe injuries he sustained after an Israeli jeep hit him at an Israeli military checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank district [ More … ]
“The blockage is lifted,” said the official in the delegation of Lebanese President Michel Aoun, who held talks over lunch with King Salman in the Saudi capital. Saudi Arabia and Lebanon agreed Tuesday to hold [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Turkey will continue to be in Syria no matter what until Daesh terrorists are completely eliminated from the towns The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) continues to fight Daesh in an effort to [ More … ]
A few days before the Christmas celebrations of the Copt brothers in Egypt, Cairo woke up in the morning of Sunday, December 11, 2016 on a terrorist bombing inside St. Peter’s Church, adjacent to St. [ More … ]
Egypt’s minister of health Ahmed Emad al-Deen said that the ministry signed an agreement with the defense minister to purchase all Egypt’s needs from medical supplies including filters and medical solutions as well as other [ More … ]
Egypt has sent an official request from the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation for the procurement of Buk-M3 Surface -to-Air Missiles(SAM) from Russia., according to Defense World. The parties still need to agree on volumes, [ More … ]
– Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif floats idea of joint manufacturing of defense equipment between the 3 countries – Pakistan has invited Turkey and Qatar to jointly manufacture defense equipment, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Thursday, [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi claimed in a televised speech that Egyptian military’s economic activities are equivalent to just 1 to 1.5 % of Egypt’s GDP and not more than 20 % as some have claimed, as [ More … ]
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