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  • Sisi probes defense cooperation with Greek minister

    Date: 2015-12-09 18:00:11 GMT - Greece - Military - SN:130 - ID:3896510

    ATHENS, Dec 9 (MENA) - Visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received at his Athens residence Wednesday Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos. They discussed military and security cooperation between the two countries, as well as the ....

  • Russia will not deploy more air bases in Syria - defense ministry

    Date: 2015-12-09 16:23:18 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:111 - ID:3895382

    MOSCOW, Dec 9 (MENA) - Russia is not planning to deploy additional air bases in Syria as there is no need in this, the Russian Defense Ministry’s official spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday, according to Tass News Agency. "There is no ....

  • Police conscript funeral held in Qena

    Date: 2015-12-09 15:08:05 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:103 - ID:3895110

    QENA, Egypt, Dec 9 (MENA) - Thousands of mourners on Wednesday bade farewell to martyr Mohamed Bakhit Isa in the village of Klahin Qaft in Qena, Upper Egypt. Qena governor Major General Abdel Hamid al Haggan and security director Major General ....

  • Arming security officers only way to face 4G wars – army spokesman

    Date: 2015-12-09 10:49:01 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:36 - ID:3891450

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) – Arming officers and personnel of the Armed Forces and civil police is the only way to defeat fourth generation wars encountering Egypt at present, military spokesman Mohamed Samir said. Efficient officers are the ones who ....

  • Army chief of staff leaves for Greece

    Date: 2015-12-09 08:37:01 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:17 - ID:3890410

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Egypt's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi left Wednesday for Greece to attend the main stage of the Egyptian-Greek maritime exercises, codenamed Medusa 2015. Hegazi will hold a meeting with senior Greek officials on ....

  • Egypt, Greece carry out Medusa 2015 joint training

    Date: 2015-12-07 16:22:19 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:78 - ID:3879294

    CAIRO, Dec 7 (MENA) - Units of Egypt's Navy and Air Force headed for Greece on Monday to take part in the several-day Medusa 2015 joint training. The training includes the implementation of several activities within a plan to boost joint exercises ....

  • 2 takfiris killed, 30 suspects arrested in security campaign in North Sinai

    Date: 2015-12-07 13:12:29 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:49 - ID:3878070

    EL ARISH, Egypt, Dec 7 (MENA) - Security forces in South Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah have launched a campaign resulted in killing two takfiris and arresting 30 suspects, according to security sources. Also, a number of terrorist hotbeds have ....

  • 20 tunnels unearthed, destroyed on Rafah-Gaza border - army

    Date: 2015-12-07 10:36:41 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:33 - ID:3877050

    CAIRO, Dec 7 (MENA) – Twenty new underground tunnels have been uncovered and destroyed on the borderline of Rafah-Gaza on Monday, military spokesman Mohamed Samir said. Armed Forces' efforts throughout November have led to seizing 478 pieces of ....

  • Russian warships arrive in India for Indra naval drill

    Date: 2015-12-06 16:14:38 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:88 - ID:3873302

    MOSCOW, Dec 6 (MENA) - Four Russian vessels on Sunday arrived in India to participate in the Indra naval drill, a source at the Indian Navy told TASS. The eighth Russian-Indian naval exercise Indra Navy will take place in the Bay of Bengal, off ....

  • Russia launches Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrier with 2 defense satellites

    Date: 2015-12-05 20:02:52 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:100 - ID:3868550

    MOSCOW, Dec 5 (MENA) – A Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket laden with two defense satellites was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia on Saturday, Sputnik quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying. It is the second launch ....

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