Military

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  • Egypt, France discuss fostering military production ties

    Date: 2015-10-10 18:05:58 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:85 - ID:3505113

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) – Minister of Military Production Mohamed el Assar and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed means of boosting bilateral ties in various fields. This comes after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed during ....

  • US starts to pull Patriot missiles from Turkey at critical time

    Date: 2015-10-10 08:47:56 GMT - Turkey - Military - SN:18 - ID:3501021

    ANKARA, Oct 10 (MENA) - The U.S. has started to pull its Patriot missiles stationed in Turkey, despite a recent appeal from Ankara to its NATO allies to keep the air and missile defense units at a critical time on the border with Syria, Hurriyet ....

  • Tehran has no info on cruise missiles which allegedly landed in Iran

    Date: 2015-10-08 20:26:20 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:92 - ID:3494649

    MOSCOW, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Iranian defense ministry believes reports on "fallen Russian cruise missiles" are part of the intensified western propaganda war, the Sputnik cited a source as saying. Tehran has denied US reports that four of Russia's ....

  • Defense minister witnesses military training

    Date: 2015-10-08 16:48:42 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:69 - ID:3492933

    CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) – Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi witnessed on Thursday the final stage of a tactical live-ammunition project as part of an annual training plan for army formations. The several days' Badr 2015, involving the third field army ....

  • Russian jets 'intercept' US predator drones over Syria: officials say

    Date: 2015-10-07 22:02:30 GMT - USA - Military - SN:115 - ID:3487897

    WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - Russian fighter jets shadowed US predator drones on at least three separate occasions high above Syria since the start of Russia’s air campaign last week, according to two US officials briefed on this latest intelligence ....

  • Army sends development convoy to North Sinai

    Date: 2015-10-07 21:17:13 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:109 - ID:3487749

    ARISH, Egypt, Oct 7 (MENA) - A convoy of trucks, loaded with aid, medical equipment for hospitals and construction materials, arrived in North Sinai on Wednesday. The 70 trucks were sent by the Armed Forces as part of pro-development and aid ....

  • Saudi serviceman killed in attack on borders with Yemen

    Date: 2015-10-07 20:27:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Military - SN:103 - ID:3487237

    RIYADH, Oct 7 (MENA) – One Saudi soldier was killed on Wednesday after shells fired from Yemen hit a Saudi border guard outpost. A spokesman for the Saudi interior ministry said that a military outpost in the border city of Jizan was attacked ....

  • Moscow: Fight against IS is matter of national security for Russia

    Date: 2015-10-06 15:05:57 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:49 - ID:3479969

    MOSCOW, Oct 6 (MENA) - Fight against the so-called Islamic State organization in Syria is a matter of national security for Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing. "If a person is engaged in terrorist ....

  • Russia says Turkish airspace violation 'a mistake'

    Date: 2015-10-05 22:30:26 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:99 - ID:3475617

    MOSCOW, Oct 5 (MENA) - A spokesman for Russia's defense ministry dismissed any idea that the violation of the Turkish airspace by a Russian plane was anything nefarious, stating flight patterns that change "under certain weather conditions" might ....

  • Military source says Yemen's Al-Anad air base to resume operations within week

    Date: 2015-10-05 19:05:07 GMT - Yemen - Military - SN:86 - ID:3474589

    ADEN, Yemen, Oct 5 (MENA) – Yemen's Al-Anad air base will resume operations within one week, a military source at the Saudi-led Arab coalition told Sky News Arabia. The source added military operations against Houthi rebels and their allies would ....

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