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The United States is continuing to support a number of border security initiatives in Yemen. The annual $300,000 State Department support for the US-installed Personal Identification Secure
As James Mattis settles in as the new head of US Central Command, one of his first major regional strategy reviews is US security assistance to Yemen
Obama said the drawdown allowed the US military to divert resources to the continuing campaign in Afghanistan, where it remained committed to defeating Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
The Kingdom is to increase army pay, following military engagement in Yemen and a rise in the cost of living. Senior officials have declined to comment
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have threatened to ban certain encrypted features of Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM)’s BlackBerry mobile phones because they hinder efforts to counter terrorism and crime, the two countries argue.
Hawker Beechcraft delivers T-6 trainers, Second RNO corvette deal, Sikorsky gets MoI helicopter contract, Raytheon contract to deliver missiles to SANG, Potential $30m deal with US, Raytheon wants more deals
Although the aftershocks of Iraq’s post-Saddam brush with state failure continue to be felt across the country, Iraqis are moving on to new concerns – including a growing apprehension about the actions of its powerful neighbours
Concern about the regional military/security balance is emerging as an important driver of Iraqi policy – as is reflected in the government’s pattern of procurement (see GSN’s main Defence and security article). Sources in the United States Department of Defence told GSN that Iraqi
British defence minister Liam Fox’s planned three-day visit to Saudi Arabia in late July was called off at the last minute because no senior Saudi
The Saudi-Kuwaiti technical committee for border demarcation has signed a contract with New Zealand’s NZ Aerial Mapping. China and Qatar agreed to boost military co-operation at a meeting of senior military officials in Beijing
Ukraine has successfully stalked the Iraqi defence market for decades, cutting sanction-busting deals with Saddam Hussein and later leveraging its role as a post-Saddam contributor of forces to the ‘Coalition of the Willing’. The pay-off has been handsome.
Across Iraq the Iraqi Security Forces are less motivated by a need to defeat the remaining cadre of militants. There is a pervasive sense that the security issue is mostly under control and that (in most places) the insurgents are finished and do not
UAE joint defence committee with US; Mayall tour of UAE and Yemen; Yemeni coastguard base on Miyoun Island
President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to Sanaa after visits to Egypt and Russia. Following talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Saleh travelled to Moscow to meet senior Russian officials and attend an international exhibition on technology and equipment. Saleh is thought to have discussed Yemen’s bilateral debt
With the 31 August deadline looming for the withdrawal of US combat forces in Iraq, GSN has visited locations across the country to conduct a wide-ranging assessment of the security situation and the likely impact of withdrawal. We asked what the drawdown would mean on the ground and whether the Iraqi Security Forces will cope.