Saudi Arabia

Aug 28, 2022

How French special forces rescued the holiest site in Islam

It may surprise the younger counterterrorism buffs out there to know that France maintains one of the oldest and most experienced counterterror units in the world, the Group D’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale. If you don’t speak French, al…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Aug 28, 2022

BYEric Milzarski

Oct 12, 2022

5 awesome foreign awards US troops are allowed to wear

You may be looking fresh with that stack of awards and badges, but cool flashy medals are reserved for the most prestigious of US military awards. But how do you stand out at your next unit ball or dress inspection? Rock some foreign ones…

BYEric Milzarski

Oct 12, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Oct 5, 2021

An assassin tried to kill a member of the Saudi royal family with a butt bomb

Muhammad bin Nayef is the grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud, a former crown prince, former interior minister of the kingdom, and architect of the government’s counterinsurgency…

BYTeam Mighty

Oct 5, 2021

BYSandboxx

Dec 16, 2020

Why is Saudi Arabia recruiting former Navy SEAL contractors?

It appears that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is looking to send some of its military members to U.S. Navy SEAL training (BUD/S) and they are really shooting for the…

BYSandboxx

Dec 16, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Trump says he would impose tariffs on oil imports if Russia, Saudi Arabia fail to cut

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said he would “absolutely” impose tariffs on oil imports if Russia and Saudi Arabia cannot reach an agreement to cut crude oil production. “If they don’t get along, I would do that. Very substantia…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYReal Clear Defense

Apr 29, 2020

The Russia-Saudi oil price war and U.S. national security

On 18 March, U.S. crude oil prices fell to their lowest level in 18 years. The following day, momentarily distracted from their hype of the coronavirus pandemic, pundits and analysts reminded us again that low oil prices are the result of Saudi Arab…

BYReal Clear Defense

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

How Iran openly attacked Saudi Arabia and got away with it

On Sept. 14, 2019, a swarm of drones and cruise missiles struck the world’s largest oil processing facility inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There was little doubt in the Saudi’s minds as to who the culprit could be. Their American allies agree…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

These are the new ‘most-wanted’ al-Qaeda terrorists

Osama bin Laden is dead. ISIS has been disbursed to the winds. Al-Baghdadi saw the wrong side of Army Special Forces. That means it’s open season on terrorists’ most-wanted leaders. Since no one usually wants to carry this mantle, the United State…

Apr 29, 2020

BYVAntage Point

Apr 29, 2020

LED therapy ‘worth every second’ for Gulf War vet

Eric Viitala, 49, is an Air Force veteran of the Gulf War who lives in Maine. He experienced low levels of energy and concentration for years after his service. He had headaches, couldn’t finish projects, and was losing interest in things. “…

BYVAntage Point

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

The 10 worst Air Forces in the world

When it comes to things like air superiority, if you don’t have to think about it, you’re probably winning. The ground pounders in the Armed Forces of the United States have it pretty good in that regard. They can be reasonably sure that if they’…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Saudi prosecutor indicts 11 in Khashoggi murder, not crown prince

Saudi Arabia is seeking the death penalty for five suspects in the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In a Nov. 15, 2018 statement, the Saudi public prosecutor

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Why Houthi rebels are kicking the crap out of the world’s best tank

The M1A2 Abrams is arguably one of the best (if not the best) tank systems in the world today. It’s the main battle tank of the United States, along with several of its allies — including Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom deployed a number of the tanks i…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Saudi Arabia might be killing off suspected assassins

Mashal Saad al-Bostani of the Saudi Royal Air Forces, who was named by pro-government Turkish media as one of 15 suspects in the alleged murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, has reportedly died in a car accident on return to the kingdom. An…

Apr 29, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

Osama bin Laden went to Afghanistan to avenge his father’s death

Relatives of Osama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, spoke out in an interview w…

BYUnited States Air Force

Feb 5, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

An airman looks back on the Khobar Towers attack

Post-Traumatic stress disorder carries him into the depths of fear and pain; reliving images of death and destruction. Closing his eyes to night terrors at sundown and fighting through daily anxiety attacks eventually pushed him to the brink of suic…

BYUnited States Air Force

Feb 5, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

The Saudis want their longtime adversary’s missile defenses

Saudi Arabia has been on a buying spree as of late, acquiring a lot of high-end weaponry. Much of it has come from the United States, with a …

Feb 5, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

The reason why Saudi Arabia is buying so many Blackhawks

Saudi Arabia has been buying a lot of weapons in recent years. So much so that a recent purchase of 17 Sikorsky UH-…

Feb 5, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

Watch this video of an air strike against an F-15S in Yemen

Currently, Yemen is in the midst of a civil war. On one side, there are the Houthi rebels, backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. On the other side is the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, led by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. This war has raged s…

Feb 5, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

This is the light attack aircraft the Saudis might buy

The Textron Scorpion has been competing for the OA-X contract lately, but while the Air Force seems all too willing to ignore what could …

Feb 5, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

Here’s what you need to know about Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is rapidly becoming the driving force behind his Middle East kingdom and one of the most powerful people in the world. The 32-year-old royal has influenced Saudi Arabia’s military, foreign policy, e…

Feb 5, 2020

Oct 12, 2022

The 11 best air forces in the world

What makes an air force good? Is it combat capability? Is it their track record? Much of that can stir up debates and cause one heck of a…disagreement among patrons at any watering hole or establishment. Then again…life gets boring wi…

Oct 12, 2022

Feb 4, 2020

This is what a war between Qatar and Saudi Arabia would look like

With tensions between Qatar and a Saudi-lead group of Arab countries (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt) increasing over

Feb 4, 2020

Feb 4, 2020

Here’s what the Saudi military is buying from the US

While in Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump signed a deal that will provide Saudi Arabia over $110 billion in weapons, marking what is the largest weapons deal in American history. According to a…

Feb 4, 2020

Sep 12, 2019

These are the drone ships being deployed by terrorists

Drone-controlled boats filled with explosives were reportedly used in at least one attempted attack on Saudi Arabia in early October 2018. Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Arab coalition in Yemen,