Jul 03, 2001

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- France and the United Arab Emirates have joined forcesto establish a defense firm that will focus on aerospace and defenseelectronics.

Jul 09, 2001

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Iraq has fired what is being termed a newly-developedground-to-air missile that uses Baghdad's expertise in ballistic missiletechnology.

Jul 15, 2001

AMMAN [MENL] -- Jordan has quietly complained to the United States thatSyria is failing to honor its water agreement with the Hashemite kingdom.

Jul 16, 2001

MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has joined a European consortium in a project toupgrade the SU-22 ground-attack warplane.