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An Iranian satellite was successfully put into orbit, after being launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The Khayyam satellite will give Tehran its own military-grade imagery collection capability for the first time.

Seven UAE cadets, and a number of instructors, have reportedly been expelled from the UK’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. It is not clear which course the cadets were taking at the academy.

As President Putin visited Tehran, US officials claimed Iranian military officials were actively promoting the capabilities of their domestic drones – some of them reverse-engineered from captured western models – which could find their way to Ukraine.

GSN Risk grade: F6. UN truce: United Nations special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg is pushing the main warring parties to extend their truce beyond the current end-date of 2 August.

An attack on Iraq's Barakh resort in the mountains of northern Dohuk province  has taken relations between Baghdad and Ankara to a new low. Turkey denied carrying out the attack, blaming the PKK instead.

French defence company Thales is to supply four units of its GM403 long-range mobile radar system to Iraq.

Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) commander Rear Admiral Saif Bin Nasser Al-Rahbi travelled to Tehran for talks with his Iranian counterparts including Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces (Artesh) chief of staff General Mohammad Hossein Baqer.

US Air Forces Central Command marked a change in leadership at Al-Udeid Air Base on 22 July, when Lieutenant-General Alexus Grynkewich succeeded Lieutenant-General Gregory Guillot as commander of the Centcom facility.

Kuwait is spending an estimated $397m on advanced weaponry for its controversial Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets.

The US State Department has approved a $980m package of follow-on support for the UAE’s fleet of C-17 transport aircraft.

Saudi ambitions to build a substantial domestic defence industry were on view at the UK’s biennial Farnborough International Air Show, where Saudi Arabian Military Industries (Sami) signed deals with big players to further its localisation ambitions.

In a special report from Yemen's Taiz, GSN spoke to local residents and activists about the impact of the continued blockade of roads into and out of a city that is besieged despite a United Nations-backed truce which included provisions for the seven-year blockade to be lifted.

Bahrain’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa issued a royal order to set up a Military Institution for the Development of Warfare Industries, as Bahrain takes further steps to develop its own military manufacturing sector, following the lead of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the region.

The Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) marked the completion of the last of four ships ordered from Anadolu Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey. The landing vessels will undergo six weeks of tests before being delivered to Qatar.

The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) is to take over responsibility for maintenance of its Hawk aircraft engines from Rolls-Royce, while the Royal Army of Oman is to take charge of maintenance and repair services for its fleet of armoured personnel carriers from Turkey’s FNSS.