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Syrian Jihadists turn against peacekeepers on the Golan

The collapse of the Syrian regime’s military stronghold around Quneitra, the main city in the Syrian Golan height, and border crossing with Israel has caught the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) facing a mission it was not prepared to do - face extremist Syrian Jihadist rebels that have been fighting the Syrian regime for more than two years. Two UN contingent forces from Fiji and the Philippines were involved in the fighting over the weekend.

The Golan Heights Will Remain Israel’s Strategic Bulwark

Ankara's mediation efforts yielded result on April 24 when Israel announced that it was ready to give up the stategic Golan Heights to Syria...

Golan Wheeled Armored Vehicle

Responding to the need for wheeled armored vehicles for use in asymmetric warfare, RAFAEL developed the Zeev (Wolf) armored utility vehicle. More recently, RAFAEL...

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Armored Vehicles

The Pentagon has approved the expansion of the MRAP program to over 20,000 vehicles. The US Army plan to increase its fleet of MRAP...

PVI led Team Wins Low-Rate Initial Production Orders for 60 Golan...

An industry team led by Protected Vehicles, Inc. (PVI) received last week an initial $37.4 million order for the delivery of 60 Golan type Mine Resistant Ambush...

USMC Awards $79 million for foreign MRAP designs

The second batch of orders worth of a total US$79 million for low-rate initial production MRAP vehicles were issued this week. The vehicles include the South...

The Golan Heights- remain a vital strategic asset for Israel

Only a number of days after the UN passed a resolution calling Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem illegal, former US secretary of state James Baker...

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