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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....