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 World News: Middle East & Africa

  1. Saudi Arabia may soon need to replace its fleet of French AMX-30 tanks, like the one shown here, and Turkey could be a player in the competition. Dominique Faget/Agence France-Presse

    With Tank Deals, Turkey Focuses on Arms Exports

    Two Turkish companies are in separate talks with Saudi Arabia and Indonesia to co-produce and sell scores of new-generation battle tanks, officials and industry sources said.

    • May. 25, 2013
  2. Lean Maintenance: A US-based consulting firm said it could save Israel millions of shekels annually on maintenance, but officers say the plan actually raised costs. Here, a mechanic performs maintenance on an Israeli F-16. Israel Defense Forces

    Israel's Efficiency Contract Under Fire

    Israel’s Defense Ministry is slightly ahead of schedule in a 10-year government-mandated plan to save 30 billion shekels (US $8.4 billion) through 2017, but no thanks, uniformed officers say, to the ministry’s high-priced contract with an international consulting firm.

    • May. 23, 2013
  3. US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said Al Said in Muscat, Oman, on May 21. State Department

    Kerry in Oman To Help Ink $2.1B Defense Deal

    US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman on Tuesday aiming to help finalize an estimated US $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defense system to the Gulf nation.

    • May. 21, 2013
  4. Israeli annual export sales of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) averaged US $578 million over the past eight years and should grow by up to 10 percent yearly through 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan

    Consultancy Forecasts Israeli UAS Export Growth

    Israeli annual export sales of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) averaged US $578 million over the past eight years and should grow by up to 10 percent yearly through 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan.

    • May. 20, 2013

  5. French Defense Minister Defends Strategy, Mali Mission

    France's defense minister on Friday defended his government's new security strategy and its mission in Mali, and called for a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war.

    • May. 17, 2013
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