WAR MACHINERY

Iraq has cancelled a $4.2bn (£2.6bn) deal to buy arms from Russia because of concerns about "corruption", an Iraqi government advisor has said.

Most of the arms funneled to Syrian rebels reportedly end up in the hands of hardline Islamist extremists, including those affiliated with Al-Qaeda. There is no way of vetting rebel groups to bolster only those with more secular views.

BBC News has uncovered evidence that appears to suggest that weapons intended for the Saudi military have been diverted to Syrian rebels.

The Syrian Army forces discovered and seized a large cache of US-made weapons in Damascus after heavy clashes with armed groups, which led to the killing of over 100 terrorists.

Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to Syria to aid President Bashar al-Assad in his attempt to crush an 18-month uprising against his government, according to a Western intelligence report seen by Reuters.

The British newspaper The Times revealed that a largest shipment of weapons has arrived in Turkey to be delivered to the armed groups in Syria.

Pentagon orders two destroyers carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles to Libyan coast in aftermath of Benghazi attack. Ships have no specific mission, officials say

Tensions are once again running high between the United States and China as Washington plans to expand its missile system in the Asia-Pacific region.

A Turkish opposition lawmaker has accused the government of using ambulances to smuggle arms and ammunitions into Syria to be used by the country's insurgents in their war against the government.

According to a July 31 report by the NBC News, nearly two dozen missiles have been delivered to the rebels in Syria by Turkey. The report, however, did not provide details on the exact type of the missiles, also known as MANPADs (man-portable air-defense systems).

Turkey has deployed ground-to-air missiles on its border with Syria, a report says. According to a Sunday report by the Turkish Anadolu Agency, Ankara also deployed troop carriers along the border with Syria.

Syria has reportedly arrested more than 40 German nationals for attempting to smuggle arms into the country.

Syria has confirmed it shot down a Turkish jet, as Turkey promises to “determinedly take necessary steps” in response. An investigation is being planned as tensions escalate.

A Syrian military spokesman said an unidentified aerial object violated the country’s airspace and was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery, hitting it one kilometer off the coast of the country, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.

The plane turned out to be a Turkish fighter jet, and was dealt with in accordance with Syrian law, the spokesman added.

According to Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, the cargo manifest of the M/S Thor Liberty on which 69 Patriot ground-to-air missiles were found, listed the weapons as "fireworks". She said that documents associated with the containers holding the missiles carried the name of a South Korean individual.

The vessel which sails under the flag of the Isle of Man, was known to be carrying 150 tonnes of legal explosives. These, however, were being transported in an unsafe manner.

At a time when NATO forces were destroying the bases of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Britain gave a secret presentation to the Indian Air Force (IAF) about the performance in the Libyan war of MBDA missiles, which have been offered to New Delhi.

President Barack Obama secretly authorized the sale of 55 powerful bunker-busting bombs to Israel, Newsweek magazine reported Friday.

Despite an unprecendented public outcry, Finland’s Ministry of Defense is set to go ahead with a controversial collaboration with Israeli arms companies deeply involved in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. Finland is turning to Israel for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) — commonly known as a “drones” — in a deal with more than 17 million euros.

Reports are coming in of a vessel carrying weapons, some fabricated in the United States of America, together with 500 mercenaries, sailing through the Suez Canal towards Libya. Certainly, western mercenaries have been captured. After a number of western lies have been uncovered, we see the truth coming out of Libya as we expose NATO's lies.

First drone strike in Somalia reported to have wounded senior al-Shabab militants

Iraqi government sources have released shocking official figures, pointing to repercussions of the US-led military occupation of the country.

Figures publicized by Iraq's Ministry of Women's Affairs showed that the US-led military operations had left one million widows.  According to the report, other official estimates point to a whopping 2,500,000 Iraqi fatalities as the result of the invasion, in addition to four million children that were left orphaned by the war.