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  • Egypt receives three more Rafale fighters from France

    Date: 2016-01-28 17:58:13 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:96 - ID:4207117

    CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) – The Egyptian Armed Forces on Thursday received three Rafale fighters from France, the second batch in a deal signed between Cairo and Paris in February 2015. Under the $5.6 billion deal, Cairo will purchase 24 Rafale ....

  • US-led coalition conduct 20 strikes against Daesh in Syria, Iraq

    Date: 2016-01-28 15:04:01 GMT - USA - Military - SN:69 - ID:4206069

    WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - The US-led coalition targeted Daesh with 20 strikes in Iraq and Syria, Russia Today reported on Thursday. In Iraq, 15 strikes near five cities were centered near Ramadi. Four tactical units were hit and six improvised ....

  • Defense min. meets Russian deputy min.

    Date: 2016-01-28 12:36:17 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:41 - ID:4203937

    CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - Egypt's Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi met on Thursday with Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Alexander Potapov and his accompanying delegation. They discussed issues of mutual concern and deals to be signed by ....

  • Army spokesman: F-16 crashes, crew die

    Date: 2016-01-27 22:58:56 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:134 - ID:4201841

    CAIRO, Jan 27 (MENA) - An F-16 fighter aircraft crashed in an air exercise, the spokesman for the Armed Forces said Wednesday night. The incident left crew members dead, the spokesman added. (MENA) M A F ....

  • Ten Daesh vehicles destroyed in Iraq

    Date: 2016-01-27 22:17:35 GMT - Iraq - Military - SN:126 - ID:4201297

    BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (MENA) – The US-led coalition destroyed on Wednesday ten vehicles used by the terrorist Daesh group in Anbar, Iraq. According to the war media cell of the Joint Operations Command, a number of leaders of the terrorist group were ....

  • Arab coalition jets pound militias of Houthis, Saleh in Sana'a

    Date: 2016-01-27 21:02:57 GMT - Yemen - Military - SN:120 - ID:4200877

    SANA'A, Jan 27 (MENA) – The Arab coalition fighter jets launched Wednesday airstrikes against sites belonging to militias of Houthis and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a. The sorties targeted camp of Jabal Nahdayn, the vicinity of ....

  • Iran says it warned US warship to leave drill area

    Date: 2016-01-27 19:49:51 GMT - Iran - Military - SN:115 - ID:4200941

    TEHRAN, Jan 27 (MENA) - Iran's navy warned a US warship to leave an area where Iran has been conducting a naval drill near the narrow Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday. The US Navy ....

  • Iraqi, US-led warplanes conduct 33 airstrikes on Daesh sites

    Date: 2016-01-26 22:10:56 GMT - Iraq - Military - SN:126 - ID:4194849

    BAGHDAD, Jan 12 (MENA) - Iraqi and US-led warplanes conducted 33 airstrikes against Daesh posts in several districts, an Iraqi military statement said Tuesday. Scores of the terror organizations were killed in the raids. The airstrikes ....

  • Defense minister visits armed forces soldiers wounded in Sinai

    Date: 2016-01-26 12:29:04 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:50 - ID:4190965

    CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) - Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedki Sobhi, flanked by high-ranking commanders, visited on Tuesday the Armed Forces soldiers and officers who were injured while confronting terrorism in Sinai. The minister ....

  • Defense minister meets Pakistani COS

    Date: 2016-01-26 11:55:39 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:46 - ID:4190773

    CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) - Minister of Defense and Military Production Colonel General Sedqi Sobhi met on Tuesday with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Pakistan Lt Gen Rashad Mahmood, who is currently visiting here accompanied by a high-level ....

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