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Chief of Staff returns home after official visit to Madrid

Date: 2015-10-28 07:27:07 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:11 - ID:3618053

CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Egyptian Army Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy returned home Wednesday, winding up an official visit to Spain. During the visit, Hegazy held talks with his Spanish counterpart and took part in the 7th meeting of the chief of ....

Armed Forces send food, blankets to Alex. rain-struck citizens

Date: 2015-10-26 12:32:19 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:42 - ID:3605965

CAIRO, Oct 26 (MENA) – A number of Armed Forces trucks loaded with foodstuff and blankets drove this dawn to Alexandria to distribute them on citizens in light of the bad weather striking the coastal city. The convoy was dispatched upon ....

Army chief of staff leaves for Madrid

Date: 2015-10-26 05:01:09 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:34 - ID:3597925

CAIRO, Oct 25 (MENA) - Army Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy left here for Madrid on Sunday leading a high-level delegation on a visit to Spain. Hegazy is expected to hold talks on military cooperation between the Armed Forces of both ....

Egypt's chief of staff back home from Jordan

Date: 2015-10-23 11:27:14 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:39 - ID:3587581

CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - Egyptian Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy and his accompanying delegation returned home on Friday after several-day official visit to Jordan. During his stay in Jordan, Hegazy held talks with his Jordanian ....

Second phase of major Sinai operation starts by development, says senior army official

Date: 2015-10-22 17:37:41 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:69 - ID:3584761

ARISH, Oct 22 (MENA) – Commander of the Second Army of the Egyptian Armed Forces Major General Nasser el Aasi said the second phase of the "Right of the Martyr", a major military operation to uproot terrorism in Sinai, started by ....

Defense min. attends military drills

Date: 2015-10-22 15:29:15 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:60 - ID:3583225

CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi attended tactical maneuvers code-named "Raad-24" (Thunder-24) staged by a unit of the Western Military Zone. The annual military exercise included simulated ....

Iraqi troops fully retake Baiji from Daesh

Date: 2015-10-20 21:52:22 GMT - Iraq - Military - SN:123 - ID:3572205

BAGHDAD, Oct 20 (MENA) – The Iraqi army's joint operations command announces the complete liberation of the city of Baiji and nearby areas from Daesh, a statement by the command's media unit said Tuesday night. On October 12, the Iraqi prime ....

Hegazy arrives in Jordan

Date: 2015-10-20 14:30:36 GMT - Jordan - Military - SN:86 - ID:3570221

AMMAN, Oct 20 (MENA) - Egyptian Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy arrived here on Tuesday leading a high-level military delegation on a several days' visit to the Kingdom. Hegazy is due to meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff ....

Navy Commander: First German submarine to arrive in Egypt in 2016

Date: 2015-10-20 14:26:52 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:84 - ID:3569893

ALEXANDRIA, Oct 20 (MENA) - Navy commander Osama Rabie said an agreement was reached with Germany to receive four submarines of 209/1400 type. At a press conference on the occasion marking celebrations of the Navy Day which marks the sinking of the ....

Hagazy leaves for Jordan

Date: 2015-10-20 12:49:27 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:64 - ID:3569049

CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - Chief of staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy left Cairo on Tuesday for Jordan leading a high-level military delegation on a several days' visit to the Kingdom. Hegazy is due to meet with senior military officials in Jordan ....