by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 21, 2017 | World
North Korea test-fired on Sunday a medium-range missile, US and South Korean officials said, the latest ballistics test for a country ramping up its development of nuclear weapons and missiles. The missile was launched Sunday at about 4:59 p.m. Seoul time from a site...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 20, 2017 | Middle East
Jeddah, Aden, Taiz – Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southern Saudi province of Ar Rayn, well to the west of Riyadh late Friday. The area is open desert and there were no casualties. Air defense units “intercepted a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 14, 2017 | World
North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew for half an hour and reached an unusually high altitude before landing in the Sea of Japan, defying all pleas to rein in its weapons program, South Korean and US officials said. The launch is a direct...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 18, 2016 | World
London-Iran has failed to launch a ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometers on the eve of the anniversary of the nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers, high-ranking U.S. officials said. Fox News quoted U.S. intelligence officials as saying that...
by Ali M. Pedram | Nov 16, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian websites close to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have run special feature reports and interviews relating to Iran’s capability to “attack and destroy” Israel using ballistic missiles, the semi-state-run Fars and Tasnim...
