Taqnia Aeronautics (SaudiArabia) signed an agreement with Antonov (Ukraine) to develop and manufacture An-132 in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia will manufacture aircraft within two years after the kingdom signed a deal with Ukrainian manufacturer Antonov on Wednesday. Taqnia Aeronautics Co., a subsidiary of Saudi development and investment company Taqnia, signed an agreement to develop and […]

Saudi M1A2 Abrams MBTs deployed near Yemen border

Luna X 2000 tactical UAV recovered by Houtis near Saudi border. Luna X 2000 is a German unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in service with the Bundeswehr (German Army) and produced by EMT Penzberg of Germany. It is intended for close reconnaissance (over the hill, up to 65 km away), transmitting live video data (visual or […]

Photo : Saudi Arabia’s border troops www.alriyadh.com

Saudi troops clashed with Yemeni Houthi fighters on Tuesday in the heaviest exchange of cross-border fire since the start of a Saudi-led air offensive last week, while Yemen’s foreign minister called for a rapid Arab intervention on the ground. Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of Arab states since last Thursday in an air […]

The Saudi-led Firmness Storm coalition has imposed a naval blockade on Bab El-Mandab strait which connects the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean, sources told Ahram Online. The Saudi navy’s western fleet has also secured Yemen’s main ports including Aden and Midi. english.ahram.org.eg

Saudi and Arab allies bomb Houthi positions in Yemen. Yemeni civilians search the rubble of buildings destroyed during Saudi airstrikes near Sanaa Airport. www.middleeasteye.net

Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with Yemen, US officials have said, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening conflict. The buildup follows an advance by Iranian-backed Houthi Shia militants who took control of the capital Sana’a in […]