The Guardian | Rod Austin: An investigation into weapons being used in the war in Yemen has shown numerous examples of arms supplied by the UK and the US, among others, ending up in the hands of militias including those linked to al-Qaida and Isis. In an apparent abuse of trade agreements by the Saudi- and UAE-led coalition, sophisticated armoured ...

Tasnim Iranian intelligence forces busted members of a gang dealing illegal weapons and police equipment. According to Tasnim dispatches, agents of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) intelligence department detected the gang after a complicated operation that included tracking the deals in the cyberspace. The criminals used to sell ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has instructed the Iranian president to boost the countrys defense and deterrence capabilities. The directives were part of the Leaders letter to President Hassan Rouhani in which Ayatollah Khamenei announced the general policies of the Sixth National Development Plan. In the letter,...

An Iranian dhow seized off the Yemeni coast was carrying sophisticated Chinese antiaircraft missiles, a development that could signal an escalation of Irans support to its Middle Eastern proxies, alarming other countries in the region and renewing a diplomatic challenge to the United States. Among the items aboard the dhow, according to a review of ...

Officials dismiss report claiming that the boat carried pistols and assualt rifles for Bahrain Manama: Qatar authorities have denied media reports that they had intercepted an Iranian boat carrying weapons destined for Bahrain, the Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science in Manama has said. The Qatari denial was made during contacts between ...