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Defense minister honors retired army leaders
Date: 2016-01-31 12:00:31 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:42 - ID:4220657
CAIRO, Jan 31 (MENA) - Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister Colonel General Sedqi Sobhi attended a ceremony to honor Armed Forces leaders who reached the age of retirement in January 2016. During the ceremony, Sobhi granted them ....
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Turkey says Russia violated its airspace near Syrian border
Date: 2016-01-30 18:40:49 GMT - Turkey - Military - SN:95 - ID:4218189
ANKARA, Jan 30 (MENA) – Turkey said a Russian jet has violated its airspace and it has summoned the Russian ambassador to Ankara, the BBC news reported on Saturday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia would "face consequences if ....
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Egypt's chief of staff meets USARCENT commanding general
Date: 2016-01-30 15:56:42 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:73 - ID:4217089
CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - Egyptian Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy met on Saturday with USARCENT commanding general Lt. Gen. Michael Garrett. The meeting tackled a number of issues of mutual concern in light of military cooperation ....
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Third Field Army, police seize large amounts of arms, ammunition
Date: 2016-01-30 10:35:46 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:35 - ID:4214653
CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - Third Field Army troops in cooperation with police have seized a large storehouse of arms and ammunition belonging to terrorists at Nakhl district in Central Sinai. The operation comes as part of efforts exerted by the ....
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2 officers, solider killed in Arish attack
Date: 2016-01-28 22:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:121 - ID:4208445
ARISH, Jan 28 (MENA) - Two officers and a soldier were killed and five others injured on Thursday in a blast in Arish city, Sinai. Security sources said that the attack occurred near a school complex in central Arish when an explosive device, ....
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Egypt receives three more Rafale fighters from France
Date: 2016-01-28 17:58:13 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:96 - ID:4207117
CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) – The Egyptian Armed Forces on Thursday received three Rafale fighters from France, the second batch in a deal signed between Cairo and Paris in February 2015. Under the $5.6 billion deal, Cairo will purchase 24 Rafale ....
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US-led coalition conduct 20 strikes against Daesh in Syria, Iraq
Date: 2016-01-28 15:04:01 GMT - USA - Military - SN:69 - ID:4206069
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - The US-led coalition targeted Daesh with 20 strikes in Iraq and Syria, Russia Today reported on Thursday. In Iraq, 15 strikes near five cities were centered near Ramadi. Four tactical units were hit and six improvised ....
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Defense min. meets Russian deputy min.
Date: 2016-01-28 12:36:17 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:41 - ID:4203937
CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - Egypt's Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi met on Thursday with Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Alexander Potapov and his accompanying delegation. They discussed issues of mutual concern and deals to be signed by ....
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Army spokesman: F-16 crashes, crew die
Date: 2016-01-27 22:58:56 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:134 - ID:4201841
CAIRO, Jan 27 (MENA) - An F-16 fighter aircraft crashed in an air exercise, the spokesman for the Armed Forces said Wednesday night. The incident left crew members dead, the spokesman added. (MENA) M A F ....
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Ten Daesh vehicles destroyed in Iraq
Date: 2016-01-27 22:17:35 GMT - Iraq - Military - SN:126 - ID:4201297
BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (MENA) – The US-led coalition destroyed on Wednesday ten vehicles used by the terrorist Daesh group in Anbar, Iraq. According to the war media cell of the Joint Operations Command, a number of leaders of the terrorist group were ....
