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Al-Arabiya Saudi Arabia is set to produce at least 65 million pieces of military spare parts as part of their aim to expand local for arms manufacturing. The announcement on Tuesday comes after the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced on last May the launching of a national state...

(Reuters) - France is in the "final stage" of negotiations to sell up to 36 Rafale warplanes to Qatar, a senior French source involved in the discussions said on Tuesday. Manufacturer Dassault Aviation is also in talks aimed at supplying 16 of the multi-role combat jets to Malaysia and has...

Saudi Arabia has begun receiving the first of its new AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters from Boeing, images posted online in early September appear to show. According to these pictures, at least three AH-64E helicopter have arrived in the kingdom having been transported from Boeing's...

Boeing has been formally awarded a contract for the manufacture of 24 AH-6i Little Bird light attack/reconnaissance helicopters for Saudi Arabia. The contract, which was first revealed by Boeing in late 2013 but only announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 29 August, is valued at...

As documented by organisations such as SIPRI and IISS, Saudi Arabia is now the world's fourth largest military spender, behind only the US, China and Russia. $60 billion dwarfs the spends of other regional countries, including Turkey, Iran, Egypt and Israel and exceeds those of traditional...

By Bilal Saab Since the formation of the modern Arab state system in the mid-twentieth century, no Arab country has succeeded in building and sustaining an indigenous national defense industry. Egypt tried hard, but ultimately failed because it lacked the requisite financial and human capital...

The International Spectator - Pakistan envoy 'encouraged' by Modi's remarks on India relations Pakistan said Wednesday it was “encouraged” by comments from arch rival India’s election frontrunner Narendra Modi who stressed cooperation with foreign governments if he was elected prime minister...

The International Spectator - Reign of Algeria's Bouteflika marred by graft scandals Corruption, a recurring scourge for Algeria, has risen to the forefront of public life during President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s rule, fuelled by soaring oil prices and an explosion in imports. The judiciary has...

The International Spectator - Pakistan must and will play a greater role in the Middle East Pakistan’s role in the Middle East, relative to Islamabad’s power and geographical proximity to the region, is tiny. In fact, one would be hard-pressed to identify a single Middle Eastern issue in which...

The International Spectator - India Congress manifesto pledges millions of jobs India’s embattled ruling Congress party promised Wednesday to create millions of jobs and revive a sliding economy as it unveiled a populist manifesto aimed at averting electoral defeat. Reaching out to Congress’s...

The International Spectator - Death penalties highlight Egypt's legal war on Islamists An Egyptian court’s sentencing of 529 people to death for rioting has fixed the spotlight on a massive legal war on the Islamist opposition, with thousands in prison and hundreds more convicted in mass...

Must say, considering the population and economic gap in India's favour, Pakistan's military numbers - even if they are relatively simplistic - seem extremely impressive. Source: Facebook.com/InternationalSpectator

The International Spectator - Putin's Crimea takeover sends shivers across ex-Soviet Union It is December 2019 and Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is flying to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his bold moves in standing up to the US and establishing a new world order. “Even in its...

The International Spectator - Israel-Syria faceoff in Golan Heights unlikely to escalate Israel’s air strikes on Syria after a bomb targeted Israeli troops on the occupied Golan Heights was unlikely to spiral into full-scale confrontation, with each side preoccupied elsewhere, commentators said...

Hi, I've developed an interest in Pakistan's media landscape, and am wondering which newspapers and media outlets are friendly or dispositioned towards which political party, particularly to the PML-N, the PPP and PTI and which are more independent in their editorial policy. Opinions?

The International Spectator - Gaza groups, Israel seek political gains after flare-up Neither Israel, Gaza’s Hamas rulers nor Islamic Jihad want to see the latest round of cross-border fighting escalate but each side seeks to consolidate political gains, analysts said Thursday. “Most of the...

The International Spectator - Dassault says profits slump, but closer to India fighter deal France’s Dassault Aviation reported on Thursday a profit slump for 2013, but said it was moving closer to sealing a major fighter jet contract with India. Net profit for the year fell 8.5 percent to...

The International Spectator - Five reasons Israel is in trouble Considering what has befallen the Arab World since early 2011, it would appear these are relatively tranquil times for Israel. The economy is pushing along at over three percent growth as Israeli technology firms continue to turn...

The International Spectator - Putin may pay dearly for Crimea gambit Russian military intervention in Ukraine is a gambit by President Vladimir Putin that has far-reaching global consequences and harbours risks for the Kremlin that may well outweigh the benefits, analysts said Monday. The...

The International Spectator - Lahore longs for international cricket five years after attack For more than fifty years, Haji Basheer has prepared the pitch at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium and witnessed some of cricket’s biggest moments including two World Cups. The 74-year-old has been serving at...