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Egypt, Pakistan discuss military production cooperation

Date: 2016-12-06 15:19:24 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:60 - ID:6096101

CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) - Military Production Minister Mohamed el Assar discussed on Tuesday with his Pakistani counterpart Rana Tanveer Hussain‎, the current regional political developments and issues of mutual concern. Assar asserted the depth of the ....

Sobhy: Army steadily upgrades combat, technical efficiency of all formations, units

Date: 2016-12-06 13:25:32 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:47 - ID:6095213

CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) – Minister of Defense and Military Production Colonel General Sedky Sobhy on Tuesday said that the Armed Forces are moving steadily towards upgrading the combat and technical efficiency of all its formations and units. He ....

Pakistani military prduction minister arrives in Cairo

Date: 2016-12-05 11:44:16 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:32 - ID:6087177

CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Pakistani Minister of Military Production ‎Rana Tanveer Hussain‎ arrived in Cairo Monday on a several days' visit to Egypt. Hussain is due to hold talks on Tuesday with head of the Arab Organization for Industrialization ....

Egyptian-Greek military drills Medusa 2016 to start Thursday

Date: 2016-12-04 08:50:18 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:15 - ID:6079221

CAIRO, Dec 4 (MENA) - Elements of the Egyptian naval and air forces left here for Greece to take part in the joint Egyptian-Greek military exercises that will be held on December 8-12 as part of the Armed Forces plan to hold military training with ....

Defense min endrses new batch of university graduates at Military Academy

Date: 2016-12-03 13:48:18 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:42 - ID:6076041

CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) – Defense Minister Sedqy Sobhy has endorsed the enrollment of a new batch of university graduates at the Military Academy on Saturday. At a press conference on Saturday, Military Academy head Gamal Abu Ismail said there are ....

Chief of Staff receives Air Component Commander for US Central Command

Date: 2016-11-29 18:17:24 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:97 - ID:6054453

CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy on Tuesday received Air Component Commander for US Central Command Lieutenant General Jeffrey Harrigian, and his accompanying delegation now visiting ....

Chief of staff asserts importance of developing military education

Date: 2016-11-26 19:09:17 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:61 - ID:6034965

CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazi on Friday asserted the importance of developing education at the military facilities as a cornerstone for preparing generations of experienced ....

Egypt, Jordan wrap up joint drills ‘Aqaba 2016’

Date: 2016-11-25 13:14:18 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:41 - ID:6027977

CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) – The activities of Egyptian-Jordanian joint drills “Aqba 2016” wrapped up on Friday. The military exercises, codenamed "Aqaba 2016", was conducted in the participation of ground, air and navy forces from both sides. The ....

Defense minister attends wide-scale maneuvers with live ammunition on Western borders

Date: 2016-11-24 13:47:08 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:59 - ID:6022361

MARSA MATRUH, Egypt, Nov 24 (MENA) - Defense and Military Production Minister Sedki Sobhi attended on Thursday the main phases of wide-scale maneuvers with live ammunition, which were conducted by units of the military Western zone on the Western ....

Egypt's army conducts biggest military maneuvers in western area

Date: 2016-11-24 09:49:05 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:25 - ID:6020725

MARSA MATROUH, Nov 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Armed Forces began on Thursday one of the biggest military and strategic live-ammunition maneuvers in the Western area with Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi attending. The wargames include strategic ....