Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt early on Sunday, after armed drones attacked his residence in Baghdad. One drone struck the compound, with the Iraqi military saying… Continue reading "Iraqi Prime Minister Survives Drone Assassination Attempt"
On 27 September, Turkmenistan held a military parade in Kopet Dag, the border area between Turkmenistan and Iran in the southern portion of the capital Ashgabat, to commemorate the 30th… Continue reading "Bayraktar TB2 UAVs Join The Inventory Of The Turkmenistan Army"
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby attempted on Tuesday to walk back claims made by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, Dana Stroul, that the suicide UAVs used in… Continue reading "UPDATED: Pentagon Walks Back Claims Mercer Street Attack UAVs Launched From Yemen"
President of the United States Joe Biden announced on Monday that the United States would be ending its combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year, ahead of… Continue reading "US To End “Combat Mission” In Iraq By End Of 2021"
The US led-coalition against ISIS reports that two Coalition personnel were injured in a rocket attack on Ain Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq today. According to Colonel Wayne Marotto, the… Continue reading "Rocket Attack On US-Led Coalition Forces In Iraq Wounds Two"
The official spokesman of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Turki Al-Malki, has described a series of drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on Saudi Arabia on the night… Continue reading "Saudi Arabia: Houthi Drone Attacks “Rejection” Of Ceasefire Proposal"
On the 29th December 2020, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) approved the sale of Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb-I to Saudi Arabia. The contract worth nearly $300 million and… Continue reading "Small Diameter Bomb GBU-39 Approved for Saudis"
In a year where seemingly everything that could go wrong proceeded to do so in spectacular fashion, a UCAV of all things wound up having a better year than most… Continue reading "Eastern Promise: The Baykar Bayraktar TB2 in Profile"
It has been, quite frankly, a heck of a year, I think anyone reading this will agree. Obviously, the world-wide pandemic has dominated headlines, with the disease having a major… Continue reading "2020 – The Year’s Defense News In Review"
On 31st October, an airstrike was reported in the village of Nahla in Syria’s northern Idlib province. Since fighting in the area calmed somewhat last spring, airstrikes have steadily declined… Continue reading "New Suicide Drone Seen Again in Syria"