Tag: Tanks

French-made tanks and howitzer canons used in Yemeni war: Disclose

PARIS: French arms including tanks and laser-guided missile systems sold to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are being used in the Yemeni...

Pakistan procuring 600 tanks to strengthen capability along border with India:...

As part of revamping its armoured fleet by 2025, Pakistan has decided to procure 600 battle tanks, including T-90 tanks from Russia, besides producing...

Man smoking inside van with gas tanks caused crash in Shanghai

BEIJING: A Shanghai man has suspected of smoking inside a van carrying gas cylinders, causing the van to ignite before it crashed into pedestrians...

EU Commission accuses Denmark of illegally buying tanks

COPENHAGEN: The EU Commission says Denmark has made illegal agreements to purchase tanks, vehicles and artillery for the country's military. The Commission has sent a...

US approves billion dollar sale of tanks, equipment to Saudi Arabia

The United States has approved the possible sale to Saudi Arabia of up to 153 tanks, hundreds of machine guns and other military gear...

Missiles, tanks not symbols of national security now: CJP

Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday said days were gone when the stability and security of a country was defined in...

Taiwan mulls buying used US tanks

Taiwan is considering purchasing tanks used by the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan to update its ageing fleet, the defence ministry and media...

UN stations tanks in strife-torn eastern DR Congo

UN troops in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have stationed tanks around the key city of Goma for fear of an attack by...

Ethiopian tanks advance on key Somali town: witnesses

Ethiopian troops in battle tanks thrust into rebel-held Somalia regions Tuesday, sparking heavy fighting as they advanced towards the major Shebab stronghold of Baidoa,...

Sudan oil state rebels claim to destroy tanks

Rebels in Sudan's main oil-producing state claimed on Saturday to have destroyed four tanks during fighting near the state's capital, drawing a denial from...

Fuel tanks blast kills more than 50 in Libya’s Sirte

More than 50 people were killed when two fuel tanks exploded in the Libyan city of Sirte on Monday, local residents said. The explosion...

Tanks rumble into Homs as 34 killed across Syria

Tanks rumbled into the central city of Homs at dawn Saturday, a day after security forces killed at least 34 anti-regime protesters across Syria,...

Syrian tanks shell Latakia, death toll reaches 34

Syrian tanks opened fire on poor Sunni districts in Latakia on Tuesday, residents said, the fourth day of a military assault on the northern...

Syrian tanks attack northeastern city: activist

Syrian army tanks on Sunday launched a pre-dawn assault on Deir Ezzor, the largest city in the country's northeast, a leading London-based rights activist...

UN divided as tanks besiege Syrian cities

Hundreds of tanks and troop carriers were deployed on Wednesday near the Syrian protest hubs of Deir Ezzor and Hama, activists said, as the...

Tanks shell Syria’s Hama for third night

Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama after nightly Ramadan prayers on Tuesday, residents said, on the third day of an armoured assault to...

Tanks shell Syria’s Hama for second day, four killed

Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre, for the second day on Monday, killing at least four civilians, residents...