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Saudi arms industry may take years, chief says

Saudi Arabia is striving to develop a homegrown defense industry but cutting reliance on foreign equipment will take years, the head of a major military development firm said Thursday. The kingdom is the world's third-biggest defense spender, but only two percent of that outlay is local....

Gaza tunnel collapse kills two Hamas militants

Two Hamas militants were killed and three are missing after a tunnel in the Gaza Strip collapsed, the Islamist group's military wing said Thursday. "The Al-Qassam Brigades hail the fighters Ismail Abdul Kareem and Rami Muneer from Shejaiya, who died following the collapse of a resistance...

Dozens killed and wounded in west Iraq air strike

An air strike in the jihadist-held western Iraqi town of Al-Qaim, near the Syrian border, killed and wounded dozens of civilians Wednesday, the parliament speaker said. Speaker Salim Juburi condemned in a statement the air strike "that targeted a market area for civilians and resulted in the...