Gulf Region Military & Defence

Eleven Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) speedboats on the eve of April 15 approached US Navy ships in the Persian Gulf, carrying out "dangerous and provocative" maneuvers, learned BulgarianMilitary.com

The Saudi army shot down two rockets in the sky over Riyadh and another over the port city of Jazan near the border with Yemen, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing news agency Al Arabiya.

TEHRAN, (BM) - A Reuters investigation has concluded that Iran was behind the September 14 attack on Saudi Aramco’s oil facilities, which knocked out half of the kingdom’s oil production, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Israel Defense. According to Reuters, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei personally approved the combined…

TEL AVIV, (BM) - Israeli Air Force commander Amikam Norkin says the country's multi-level air defense system is "on alert" against the backdrop of an imminent threat of attack from Iran, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Iran Develops Guided Weapons to Strike Any Point in Middle East, Israel Said "While we are talking, the batteries…

TEL AVIV, (BM) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that Iran is seeking to develop and deploy guided weapons that can strike any point in the Middle East, including placing them in Yemen to strike Israel, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Netanyahu made the remarks as he met with visiting US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - It became known that the Pentagon decided on "additional assistance" to Riyadh in connection with a recent attack on Saudi Aramco's facilities, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Drone Attacks on Two Saudi Arabian Factories The press service of the main military department of the United States announced that four…

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…

TEHRAN (BGM) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the U.S. decision to deploy more troops to the Middle East in response to the perceived threat from Iran was “extremely dangerous” for peace, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. The U.S. military on Friday accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) of…

WASHINGTON, (BGM) - The U.S. military on Friday accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) of being directly responsible for attacks on tankers off the United Arab Emirates earlier this month, describing it as part of a “campaign” by Tehran driving new U.S. deployments, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Spotted Missile Launchers…

DUBAI (BGM) - Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it launched a drone attack on a Patriot missile battery in the airport of the Saudi city of Najran near the Yemeni border, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. The Houthis, who ousted the Saudi-backed Yemeni president from power in the capital Sanaa in 2014, have stepped up…

DUBAI (BM) - Iran’s top diplomat on Saturday dismissed the possibility of war erupting in the region, saying Tehran did not want a conflict and that no country had the “illusion it can confront Iran”, learned BulgarianMilitary, quoting Reuters. Tensions between Washington and Tehran have increased in recent days, raising concerns about a…

BAGHDAD, Iraq (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Iyad Allawi, former Iraqi vice president and head of Al-Wataniya Coalition, talked about missile launchers in Gaza directed against the Gulf States, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting MEMO. Read more: ISIS Still Poses a Significant Threat to Iraq and Syria Allawi stated in an…