Feb 05, 2002

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Kuwait plans to purchase helicopters from France in a$12 million deal.

Dec 17, 2001

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Kuwait has launched an effort to purchase advancedfixed- and rotary-wing aircraft from the United States.

Oct 11, 2001

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey's military is bracing for a call from the UnitedStates to participate in any ground invasion of Afghanistan.

Jul 20, 2001

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey seeks to improve defense ties with Italy in the wakeof the uproar in Ankara over legislation regarding the killing of 1.5million Armenians during World War I.