Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The Gulf Cooperation Council intends to form a war chest for the Sunni revolt in Syria. GCC states have agreed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to arm, train and pay Sunni fighters sworn to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Diplomats said the GCC effort would be led by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has sought to rebuild Libya’s military in wake of the fall of the regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Officials said the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate has been meeting with the leaders of the new interim government of Tripoli. They said Qatar has discussed significant assistance, including weapons deliveries, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Bahrain has ordered natural gas from Russia. Officials said Bahrain would begin importing liquefied natural gas from Russia by 2014. They said Russia would replace Iran as a supplier of liquid gas amid deteriorating relations between Manama and Teheran. “Whether Russia supplies us with Iranian liquid gas or from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has launched an effort to ensure logistics for its military in the Gulf in 2012. The Defense Department has awarded a more than $1 billion contract for fuel for the U.S. military presence in Gulf Cooperation Council states. The U.S. military contains a major presence in such […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — For the first time, Bahrain has accused the United States of fomenting a Shi’ite coup in the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom. Bahrain’s military chief said Washington was supporting numerous non-governmental organizations assigned to generate unrest in the Sunni Arab state. Field Marshal Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Bahrain has deployed thousands of troops to quell another Shi’ite revolt in part aimed at a largely Pakistani foreign labor force that also mans security and military forces. Bahrain’s military and Interior Ministry have deployed more than 10,000 troops around Manama to stop plans by Shi’ites to storm the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Iranian Navy has sent ships to Saudi Arabia. Officials said the Navy has sent two ships to the Saudi port of Jedda. They identified the vessels as Shaid Qandi, a destroyer, and Kharg, a supply ship, which arrived in the Red Sea port on Feb. 4. “This mission aims […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The U.S. military has begun using Kuwait for air defense operations in the Gulf. The U.S. Air Force has re-assigned key units based in Iraq for air defense missions in the Gulf. The missions have been based in Kuwait and included the Air Force’s 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has been leading a Gulf Arab effort to conduct an independent security policy that was not dependent on the United States. Diplomats and analysts said one option has been to strengthen relations with China, a nuclear power that has been searching for additional energy supplies. On Jan. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia intends to begin shale energy production. The state-owned Saudi Aramco said it would produce natural gas from shale by 2020. Aramco said it was preparing up to five rigs for shale drilling throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom. “We are in the reconnaissance phase, shooting regional seismic […]