Tag: Arms

Jordan’s king wants neighbours to confront groups smuggling drugs, arms

DUBAI (Reuters) -Jordan’s King Abdullah on Thursday called on Arab states to confront what the U.S. ally has called an alarming rise in incursions of drugs and weapons smugglers linked to Iranian militias operating in southern Syria. Jordanian officials, like their Western allies, say the operations are controlled by Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah group and other […]

Swiss to Soften Rules on Arms Exports But Won’t Help Ukraine

(Bloomberg) — The Swiss government wants to be able to sidestep the country’s rigid neutrality to allow more weapons exports but will maintain a ban on shipments to Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg Switzerland forbids arms sales to countries at war unless they are fighting under a United Nations mandate. Because of this, Swiss weapon […]

Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war

By Samia Nakhoul and Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan has foiled a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into the U.S.-allied kingdom to help opponents of the ruling monarchy carry out acts of sabotage, according to two Jordanian sources with knowledge of the matter. The weapons were sent by Iranian-backed militias in Syria to […]