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Defense minister receives US congressman Fortenberry
Date: 2016-08-22 14:13:40 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:58 - ID:5470849
CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedki Sobhi received on Monday member of the US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Jeff Fortenberry and his accompanying delegation currently visiting Egypt. They ....
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Chief of staff attends military exercise on MILES
Date: 2016-08-17 20:16:14 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:78 - ID:5445249
CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Army Mahmoud Hegazy on Wednesday attended a tactical military training carried out by the third field army using Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES). The drills, main part of ....
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Defense min. honors retiring army leaders
Date: 2016-08-16 10:17:08 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:29 - ID:5436161
CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) – Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi honored a number of army leaders, who reached retirement in July 2016. The army commander conveyed President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s appreciation to the ....
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Egyptian navy, NATO maritime group conduct joint exercises
Date: 2016-08-15 15:45:43 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:63 - ID:5432849
CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Units of Egyptian maritime forces on Monday carried out a number of exercises in cooperation with a visiting NATO maritime group. The SNMG 2 Drills are part of military cooperation between the two naval powers. During ....
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2 Russian cruise missile-armed ships to hold exercise in the Mediterranean
Date: 2016-08-11 13:52:18 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:47 - ID:5411753
MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - Two newest ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet armed with the Kalibr cruise missiles will begin an exercise in the eastern part of the Mediterranean in several days’ time, TASS Russian News Agency reported. In part, they ....
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Military spokesman: Illegal immigration attempts by 266 persons foiled
Date: 2016-08-09 11:56:42 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:31 - ID:5398493
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Military Spokesman Mohamed Samir said Tuesday that border guards thwarted two illegal immigration attempts by 266 persons at the northern military zone. The immigrants include 13 Egyptians, 21 Sudanese, 15 Somalis, six ....
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Armed Forces: Leader of Ansar Bait al Maqdis killed in Sinai
Date: 2016-08-04 17:57:08 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:95 - ID:5375345
CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) – Egypt's military said on Thursday it has killed the leader of Ansar Bait al Maqdis terrorist group in North Sinai and a number of his aides. "Upon accurate intelligence information, counter-terrorism forces in cooperation ....
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Egypt receives missile boat from Russia - 2 last Alexandria
Date: 2016-08-04 11:41:16 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:46 - ID:5372629
The Egyptian Navy received the Molniya-class fast missile craft that has been gifted by Russia. Egypt had dispatched a group of its most skillful technical teams to Russia to receive training on this class of corvettes. Commander of the ....
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Egypt receives missile boat from Russia
Date: 2016-08-04 10:53:57 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:36 - ID:5372393
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) – Egypt received a new missile corvette from Russia on Thursday. The Egyptian flag was raised on the P-32 Molniya-class missile craft after the delivery ceremony took place in the presence of Commander of the ....
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Sisi issues decree on pensions of military personnel
Date: 2016-08-03 17:23:52 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:83 - ID:5369377
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued Wednesday a law on increasing pensions of retired military personnel by 10 percent as of July 2016. The presidential decree comes after the House of Representatives' approval of a bill ....