Sweden and Finland bids earned approval from all NATO members except Turkey and Hungary. They remain the only NATO members left to ratify Sweden's bid 19 months after it applied for membership. Sweden and Finland dropped decades of military non-alignment and sought to join the organisation after Russia invaded Ukraine...
Iran to receive fighter jets from Russia in sign of growing military ties
Tehran, Iran--Iran will begin to receive the first batch of Russian SU-35 fighter jets next week, according to Mehr News Agency. Tehran and Moscow have embarked on deepening cooperation amid massive Western sanctions. Iran and Russia have signed major deals in recent months to boost economic, trade, energy and military...
Iran looks at Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jets to boost air force
Nearly a week after the US said Russia was receiving Iranian combat drones to be used in the Ukraine war, Iran says that it is looking to buy Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia. Both the countries are under international sanctions, Iran for pulling out of the nuclear deal and...
Turkey to hold talks with US for sale of jet fighters
A Turkish delegation will visit Washington next week to follow up on US President Joe Biden's pledge to deliver F16 fighter jets for Turkey's ageing air force, Ankara said Tuesday. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said the team would arrive in Washington on Monday on the invitation of unnamed US...
Iran fighter jet crashes, injuring two crew members
An F-14 fighter jet crashed on Saturday while on a mission in central Iran, causing injuries to its two crew members, media in the Islamic republic reported. It was the second such incident in Isfahan province in less than a month, after two air force crewmen were killed when their...How Russian ‘safe corridors’ worked in bitter Syria war
Russia's offer of "humanitarian corridors" for civilians to flee the Ukrainian cities it has besieged is a well-tried approach Moscow adopted during Syria's devastating civil war.
