Military

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  • Army's chief inspects special forces' readiness

    Date: 2015-09-22 17:46:49 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:95 - ID:3401649

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) – Army's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi inspected Tuesday phases of training and preparedness for special forces and military police units. Hegazi's move came as part of his routine follow up field inspections of the Armed ....

  • Russian, Iranian navies to hold drills

    Date: 2015-09-22 15:10:17 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:70 - ID:3399941

    MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - A Russian navy official has said the Russian navy will hold joint drills with the Iranians in eastern Mediterranean. Speaking to Sputnik, the source added that four ships will be on the Russian side in the joint exercise. ....

  • Army destroys terrorist hotbed in Wahat

    Date: 2015-09-21 21:49:56 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:104 - ID:3396481

    CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) - Acting upon precise information, joint forces of the army and police destroyed a terrorist hotbed in Wahat in the Western Desert on Monday. The terrorists in the site were planning to launch attacks on vital targets and ....

  • Hegazy meets US congressmen

    Date: 2015-09-20 14:05:01 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:77 - ID:3387605

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - Egyptian Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy met on Sunday with a delegation of the US House of Representatives, now visiting here. They discussed the latest developments in the region and efforts exerted at the ....

  • Border guards destroy 12 tunnels on borderline

    Date: 2015-09-19 13:24:00 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:60 - ID:3380669

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Border guards continued confronting smugglers, criminal elements and saboteurs who seek to harm the national security. The border guards destroyed 12 new tunnels in North Sinai and seized various amounts of drugs in ....

  • 9 terrorists killed, 88 suspects arrested in N. Sinai major operation

    Date: 2015-09-18 20:06:07 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:88 - ID:3377173

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) – Nine terrorists were killed Friday while 88 suspects were arrested during an extensive security operation that was launched by the army and police in the volatile North Sinai area on September 8. Army and police units ....

  • Carter invites Israeli counterpart for security talks in Washington

    Date: 2015-09-18 07:52:57 GMT - USA - Military - SN:12 - ID:3373281

    WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has invited Israel’s Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon for talks on joint security issues in Washington late in October. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said Carter will focus on ways ....

  • 6 terrorists killed, 22 arrested in N. Sinai major operation

    Date: 2015-09-16 20:28:03 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:113 - ID:3366029

    CAIRO, Sept 16 (MENA) – Six terrorists were killed Wednesday while 22 others arrested during an extensive operation in North Sinai. Army and police units have continued the Operation "Right of the Martyr" for the tenth day in a row to eliminate ....

  • Russia has no plans to build air force base in Syria

    Date: 2015-09-16 16:44:22 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:98 - ID:3364665

    MOSCOW, Sept 16 (MENA) - Russia does not currently plan to build an air force base in Syria, RIA news agency quoted the Russian military's First Deputy Chief of General Staff Nikolai Bogdanovsky as saying on Wednesday. "As of today there is no ....

  • 2 soldiers, 55 terrorists killed, 35 arrested in N. Sinai major operation

    Date: 2015-09-15 19:54:29 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:105 - ID:3359061

    CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) – Two soldiers were killed and 12 others injured Tuesday during an extensive operation in North Sinai, the army said in a statement. The statement added that 55 terrorists were killed while 35 others arrested during the ....

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