Iraq deploys tanks in move to retake RamadiIraqi security forces on Tuesday deployed tanks and artillery around Ramadi to confront Islamic State fighters who have captured the city in a major defeat for the Baghdad government and its Western backers. After Ramadi fell on S More… |
Israel army hits back after Syrian shellingIsrael's army fired tank shells into Syria on Monday and scored "direct hits" in response to a Syrian mortar shell that struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli military said in a statement. It was the More… |
50 Syrian security men killed in suicide blastAn Islamist suicide car bomber killed at least 50 Syrian security men on Monday, an opposition group said, in what would be one of the bloodiest single attacks on President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Syrian state media reported More… |
Saudi pounds Yemen rebelsSaudi air force and artillery pounded Yemeni rebel hideouts to push the rebels away from its southwestern border and stop the war spilling into its territory, a Saudi security source said on Monday. The source said Saudi forces also detain More… |
Fire support and artillery summit on wayThe region's first and only summit on fire support and artillery, Future Artillery Middle East 2009 will be held from October 18 to 21 at the Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dhabi. Developed in collaboration with global military lead More… |