Military

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  • Army's chief of staff back home from Germany

    Date: 2017-04-21 20:56:43 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:71 - ID:6778731

    CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy returned to Cairo on Friday from Germany where he attended a conference of the African chiefs of staff. The conference tackled several issues related to ....

  • Army continues pursuing takfiri elements in Central Sinai

    Date: 2017-04-20 16:57:29 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:70 - ID:6776833

    CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - The third Field Army continued its raids on terrorist hotbeds and takfiri and criminal elements in Central Sinai, Military Spokesman Tamer el-Refaay said. In a statement on Thursday, the military spokesman said that two ....

  • Egyptian-Bahraini military exercises wrap up

    Date: 2017-04-20 15:38:24 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:64 - ID:6777043

    CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - The joint Egyptian-Bahraini military drills concluded on Thursday. The several-day maneuvers, code-named "Khaled Ibn al Waleed 2017", were carried out by the Egyptian Thunderbolt units and Bahraini special forces in the ....

  • Defense minister holds military talks with US defense sec.

    Date: 2017-04-20 14:48:04 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:57 - ID:6777003

    CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - Minister of Defense Sedqi Sobhi received on Thursday US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, currently on his first visit to Egypt. The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense in Kobri Al Kobbah area ....

  • 19 takfiris killed in bombing of hotbeds in northern, central Sinai - military spokesman

    Date: 2017-04-20 10:23:27 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:23 - ID:6776408

    CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - Egyptian Air Forces bombed a number of terrorist hotbeds in northern and central Sinai, killing 19 takfiris and destroying four pick-up vehicles, the military spokesman said Thursday. In a statement, the spokesman said ....

  • Egyptian Navy celebrates arrival of first Type-209/1400 submarine

    Date: 2017-04-19 10:57:18 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:31 - ID:6774836

    ALEXANDRIA, April 19 (MENA) - The Egyptian Navy held a celebration on Wednesday to mark the arrival of Germany's first Type-209/1400 submarine in the Egyptian territorial waters in Alexandria city. The submarine with the latest technology ....

  • Germany's first Type-209/1400 submarine arrives in Alexandria

    Date: 2017-04-19 10:09:31 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:25 - ID:6774754

    ALEXANDRIA, April 19 (MENA) - Germany's first Type-209/1400 submarine arrived on Wednesday in the Egyptian territorial waters in Alexandria city. The Egyptian Navy will hold a ceremony shortly to mark the German submarine's arrival and joining ....

  • 2 takfiris killed in N. Sinai

    Date: 2017-04-19 10:08:35 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:24 - ID:6774718

    CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - Two takfiri elements were killed in manhunt operations by law enforcement troops in North Sinai, the Armed Forces said Wednesday. Two trucks belonging to the takfiris were also destroyed in the campaign, the military ....

  • Chief of staff receives head of Kuwaiti military inspection

    Date: 2017-04-17 09:35:05 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:17 - ID:6772006

    CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazi had a meeting on Monday with visiting head of the Kuwaiti Military Inspection Major General Mohammad Ahmed al Khader and his accompanying ....

  • Armed Forces greets Egyptian Copts on Easter

    Date: 2017-04-16 07:02:02 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:8 - ID:6770567

    CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi sent on Sunday a greeting cable to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Copts on Easter. In the cable, the minister hailed the pope’s national stances that reflect unity between Muslims and ....

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