Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel plans to erect another security fence — this time along the border with Jordan. Officials said the Defense Ministry has launched plans to establish a barrier along a 100-kilometer stretch of the Israeli-Jordanian border. They said the security barrier, estimated at about $170 million, would be required to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has completed plans for a major civil defense exercise. The Defense Ministry has approved an exercise in northern Israel meant to defend against a biological or chemical weapons attack from Lebanon or Syria. The two-day exercise, called Orange Flame-6, would seek to coordinate between military and civilian authorities. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has drafted a plan to develop border areas in an effort to increase security. Officials said Egypt’s military regime has approved a proposal to develop areas along the border with Israel and Libya. They said the government would offer incentives for tens of thousands of people to move to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has been drafting legislation to allow men to pay rather than serve in the military. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan was working with parliament for legislation that would resolve the status of thousands of draft-dodgers. They said the bill would be presented to parliament by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has named one of the last surviving sons of the kingdom’s founder as defense minister. King Abdullah has named Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, 76, the kingdom’s defense minister. Salman, the longtime governor of Riyad, would succeed the late Crown Prince Sultan, who held the defense portfolio […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia was expected to name a defense minister in the wake of the death of Crown Prince Sultan. Saudi sources said King Abdullah has decided not to transfer the Defense Ministry to Sultan’s son, Prince Khalid, now deputy defense minister. They said the king would appoint his half-brother, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has disclosed that annual defense and security exports topped $7 billion in 2010. The Defense Ministry reported a sharp rise in foreign defense sales over the past decade. Officials attributed the increase to Al Qaida’s air suicide strikes in the United States in 2001 in which more than […]