U.S. Arms Sales Make Up Most of Global Market

Source: The New York Times (read full story)

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These Gulf states do not share a border with Iran, and their arms purchases focused on expensive warplanes and complex missile defense systems.

The report was prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress. The annual study, written by Richard F. Grimmett and Paul K. Kerr and delivered to Congress on Friday, is considered the most detailed collection of unclassified arms sales data available to the public.

The agreements with Saudi Arabia included the purchase of 84 advanced F-15 fighters, a variety of ammunition, missiles and logistics support, and upgrades of 70 of the F-15 fighters in the current fleet.

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Bahrain will attend summit in Tehran

Source: Gulf Daily News (read full story)

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Bahrain’s participation in the six-day summit, which closes on Friday, stems from its commitment to the goals of the movement – an organisation dedicated to promoting global peace and security.

“These same goals and principles are in tune with Bahrain’s foreign policy,” Shaikh Khalid said, stressing the kingdom’s firm commitment to promote security and stability in the world, preserve cordial relations and peaceful co-existence between nations and peoples.

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Kuwaiti MP Calls for Basic Rights for Stateless Arabs

Source: Yemen News Agency (read full story)

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Chairing an extraordinary meeting of the high security committee’s members, senior military and security officials on Saturday, the President said “The UN secretary general has ordered to open an office for his assistant, in addition to opening another office of GCC in Yemen, both aim to watch closely the progress on the implementation of the political process in the country based on the GCC initiative”.

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