Gulf Region Military & Defence

RIYADH (BM) - Drone attacks on two Saudi Aramco factories in Abqaiq and Khurais provinces on Saturday sparked fires that the state oil company brought under control, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. The precise targets and the extent of possible damage were unclear. Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment. …

TEHRAN, (BM) - Iran’s defense minister said Thursday that the formation of a US-led flotilla in the Gulf would “increase insecurity” and any Israeli involvement would have “disastrous consequences” for the region, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting The Times of Israel. Tehran and Washington have been locked in a battle of nerves since US…

DUBAI, (BM) - A second UK navy vessel arrived in the Persian Gulf to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after a British oil tanker was seized by Tehran last week, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting MEMO. The UK’s National Defense Ministry said in a statement that the HMS Duncan joined the HMS Montrose to “support the safe…

TEHRAN, (BM) - Iran has captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and some have been sentenced to death, learned Bulgarianmilitary.com, quoting Reuters and according Iranian media report on Monday. Read more: CIA Agents Have Been Arrested For Cyber Espionage in Iran State television quoted the Intelligence Ministry…

DUBAI, (BM) - A British-flagged tanker has been seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the tanker seizure shows Iran is choosing "a dangerous path of illegal and destabilising behaviour" , learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting MEMO. #BREAKING British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - The Trump administration is increasing US military build-up in the Middle East as tensions with Iran continue to escalate with the alleged downing of an Iranian drone in the Straits of Hormuz, learned Bugarianmilitary.com, quoting MEMO. According to Defence Department officials roughly 500 American troops are being deployed…

DUBAI, LONDOM, (BM) - Britain will soon be “slapped in the face” for the capture of an Iranian supertanker last week, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reutres. “Iran’s strong establishment will soon slap Britain in the face for daring to seize the Iranian oil tanker,” cleric Kazem Sedighi told worshippers during Tehran’s Friday prayer…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 11 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Britain and U.S. will regret detaining Iran's oil tanker - Revolutionary Guards deputy commander Britain and the United States will regret detaining an Iranian oil tanker, a deputy commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on…

TEHRAN, (BM) - Tehran said Wednesday that Britain would face “repercussions” over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker after denying earlier in the week that the ship detained in Gibraltar was carrying crude to Syria, which would put it in violation of EU sanctions, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting the Times of Israel. Iran’s President…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your briefly report on June 26 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Bomb blast kills four Iraqi federal police officers - security sources Four Iraqi federal police officers were killed on Tuesday after a bomb went off southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, two security sources told Reuters. …

TEHRAN, (BM) - “Any conflict in the Gulf region may grow uncontrollably,” General Rashid, Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Headquarters told Fars News Agency, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The comment comes as a result of the American drone shot down earlier in the week and Donald Trump's decision to cancel a military strike in which 150 people…

TEHRAN, (BM) - U.S. cyber attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran’s minister said on Monday, within days of reports that the Pentagon had launched a long-planned cyber attack to disable his country’s rocket launch systems, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. BulgarianMilitary.com recalls that US President…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on June 21 in last eight hours from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: US prepared for strikes on Iran before approval was withdrawn The United States abruptly called off preparations for a military strike against Iran over the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, a U.S. official said, while Iran…

NEW DELHI, (BM) - Indian Navy has deployed, in the Gulf of Oman, to re-assure Indian Flagged Vessels operating/ transiting through Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman following the maritime security incidents in the region, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, according the Indian Navy statement. Read more: US: Iran Naval Mines Likely Used in UAE Tankers…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your briefly report on June 19 in last eight hours from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Dozens killed in heavy fighting in northwest Syria More than 100 combatants have been killed over the past 48 hours in fighting between Syrian forces and rebels in the country's besieged northwest, AlJazeera reported. Ongoing…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your wake-up news report on June 20 from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Yemen's Houthis say they struck power station in Saudi's Jizan province Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Wednesday that they struck a power station in Saudi Arabia’s Al-Shuqaiq city, in Jizan province, with a cruise missile, the group’s Al…

SANAA, (BM) - Planes from the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen bombed areas around the capital Sanaa on Thursday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, wuoting Reuters. On Wednesday, the coalition vowed to respond firmly to a Houthi missile attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia that wounded 26 people. Read more:…

NEW YORK, (BGM) - The United Arab Emirates told United Nations Security Council members on Thursday that attacks on four tankers off its coast on May 12 bore the hallmarks of a “sophisticated and coordinated operation,” most likely by a state actor, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. In a document on the briefing to Security…

WASHINGTON (BGM) - US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday that attacks on oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates this month were the work of “naval mines almost certainly from Iran”, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting MEMO. Read more: Iran Plans Attacks. The U.S. SecDef Has Approved a Request For…