Military

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  • Iraqi, US-led warplanes conduct 81 airstrikes on Daesh sites

    Date: 2016-01-04 22:46:45 GMT - Iraq - Military - SN:110 - ID:4051773

    BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (MENA) - Iraqi and US-led warplanes conducted 81 airstrikes against Daesh sites in several districts within the last 24 hours, an Iraqi military statement reported Monday. The statement said that seven strikes were launched by the ....

  • Lebanese army takes defensive measures following Israeli shelling

    Date: 2016-01-04 20:55:36 GMT - Lebanon - Military - SN:100 - ID:4051473

    BEIRUT, Jan 4 (MENA) - Lebanon's army said on Monday that the Israeli enemy fired artillery shells on six southern towns. The attacked towns are al-Wazzani, al-Majidiehh, al-Abbasieh, Bustra, Helta and Mari, the army command was quoted by the ....

  • Varyag cruiser enters into Mediterranean Sea to replace Moskva cruiser off Syrian coast

    Date: 2016-01-03 22:00:26 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:105 - ID:4044737

    MOSCOW, Jan 3 (MENA) - The flagship of Russia’s Pacific Fleet, the Varyag guided missile cruiser has passed the Suez Canal and entered into the Mediterranean Sea, Roman Martov, chief of information support department at the press service of the ....

  • US military base in Ukraine not on the agenda - defense minister

    Date: 2016-01-03 21:53:27 GMT - Ukraine - Military - SN:98 - ID:4044701

    KIEV, Jan 3 (MENA) - A US military base in Ukraine is not on the country’s agenda as Ukraine’s laws do not provide for its possible deployment, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said in an interview with the Ukrainian News agency published ....

  • Battle for Pathankot Indian airbase enters second night

    Date: 2016-01-03 20:01:01 GMT - India - Military - SN:93 - ID:4044429

    NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (MENA) - The battle between Indian troops and militants who attacked an air force base at Pathankot near the Pakistani border has entered a second night, the BBC News reported. At least four attackers and seven Indian soldiers ....

  • French jets shell Daesh site in Syria

    Date: 2016-01-03 19:11:24 GMT - France - Military - SN:85 - ID:4043889

    PARIS, Jan 3 (MENA) – Four French fighters jets pounded a post used by Daesh militants to manufacture primitive rockets in Syria, the French Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The air raid, that targeted a facility situated about 10 ....

  • Attempt to smuggle 4.5 tons of cannabis in S. Sinai foiled

    Date: 2016-01-03 09:57:06 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:20 - ID:4040281

    CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Armed Forces foiled an attempt to smuggle 4.5 tons of cannabis (bango) in southern Ras Mohammed in South Sinai. This came in a statement of the Armed Forces on Sunday. The navy forces thwarted the smuggling attempt after ....

  • Cache containing explosives detected in Central Sinai -- military spokesman

    Date: 2016-01-02 11:23:27 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:30 - ID:4035797

    CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - Military spokesman Mohamed Samir said on Saturday that a cache containing explosives and artillery has been detected on Mount Om Hassira near el Qamissa area in Central Sinai. Thirty-two sacks of highly-explosive TNT have ....

  • Russian planes attack over 420 terrorist targets in 2 days, says spokesman

    Date: 2015-12-30 19:39:27 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:87 - ID:4023481

    MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) – Russian planes made over 120 sorties in two days and attacked more than 420 terrorist targets in Syria, the Tass cited Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov as saying Wednesday. "424 facilities ....

  • Iraqi army strike Daesh sites in Nineveh

    Date: 2015-12-29 22:58:56 GMT - Iraq - Military - SN:118 - ID:4018093

    BAGHDAD, Dec 29 (MENA) – The Iraqi army launched air strikes Tuesday on a workshop for manufacturing explosive devices and booby-trapped cars in the oil-refining hub Qayyarah of the northwestern Nineveh governorate. In the meantime, the ground ....

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