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  • Czech Republic doubles number of soldiers in NATO rapid response force

    Date: 2015-12-18 18:31:12 GMT - Czech - Military - SN:95 - ID:3954661

    PRAGUE, Dec 18 (MENA) – The Czech parliament approved a proposal to increase the number of soldiers participating in possible operations of NATO Rapid Response Force (NFR) in 2016, Radio Prague reported Friday. The government proposal enables the ....

  • Egypt, Jordan start joint military exercise

    Date: 2015-12-18 14:08:17 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:64 - ID:3952989

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) – Egypt and Jordan have started a joint military exercise, "Aqaba 2015", hosted by Egypt. The drill, which kicked off Friday, will continue for several days, said a statement by the Armed Forces today. The exercise will ....

  • Defense minister opens door to new batch of army recruits

    Date: 2015-12-16 09:12:52 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:18 - ID:3937013

    CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi has announced that enrollment of a new batch of recruits will start as of December 26. Recruits should have a high school degree, its equivalents or a technical education diploma, said Mohieldin ....

  • Lebanese army kills 4 Daesh militants

    Date: 2015-12-15 22:18:09 GMT - Lebanon - Military - SN:121 - ID:3934705

    BEIRUT, Dec 15 (MENA) - A unit of the Lebanese army killed Tuesday four Daesh militants, including a field leader, the National News Agency reported. The Daesh militants were killed in the region of Kherbet Daoud, Ras Baalbeck terrain, after ....

  • Defense min. attends graduation of African cadets from army institutes

    Date: 2015-12-15 12:18:02 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:29 - ID:3930665

    CAIRO, Dec 15 (MENA) – Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi attended a ceremony for the graduation of cadets from a number of sisterly and friendly African countries from Armed Forces educational institutes and establishments. The training courses ....

  • Russia puts military satellite into orbit

    Date: 2015-12-13 21:11:37 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:106 - ID:3920965

    MOSCOW, Dec 13 (MENA) - Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has successfully put into orbit a military satellite following the launch from the Baikonur space center, Sputnik quoted the Defense Ministry press service as saying Sunday. "The satellite, ....

  • Defense minister inspects military, physical training of new students at Military Academy

    Date: 2015-12-13 13:29:33 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:29 - ID:3917105

    CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi on Sunday inspected the military and physical training of new students at the Military Academy. Sedqi praised the distinguished levels of the new students and their physical capabilities which ....

  • Military committee to certify service status of Matrouh residents

    Date: 2015-12-11 14:44:07 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:50 - ID:3907350

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi has assigned a recruitment committee to certify the military status of residents of Matrouh who have not served in the army. All those who have not applied for military service and are now over ....

  • Egypt, Arabia discuss boosting military ties

    Date: 2015-12-10 20:56:16 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Military - SN:105 - ID:3904294

    RIYADH, Dec 10 (MENA) – A telephone conversation took place Thursday between Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, and the Egyptian Minister of Defense and Military ....

  • Egypt chief of staff back from Greece

    Date: 2015-12-10 08:25:53 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:22 - ID:3898149

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Egypt's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi returned home on Thursday from Greece after attending the main stage of the Egyptian-Greek maritime exercises, codenamed Medusa 2015. The several-day exercise is held in ....

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