Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has agreed to significantly bolster arms exports to Yemen. The State Department approved a six-fold increase in weapons export licenses to Yemen in fiscal 2011. The department, which reported a record number of overall export licenses, is said to have approved $24.3 million in U.S. arms licenses […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to resume military exports to Egypt. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has concluded that the U.S. crisis with Egypt has ended and the military regime in Cairo is cooperating with Washington. The expected administration waiver has angered human rights groups. They said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has acknowledged that the lion’s share of Libya’s shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles are gone. Officials said a State Department program to retrieve so-called man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) stolen from Libyan Army arsenals during the revolt in 2011 has been stalled. They said that after initial success in […]