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Egyptian Defence Minister Receives Iraqi Counterpart
2023-05-12 Read More...
Egyptian Minister of Defence and Military Production, Mohamed Zaki, received in Cairo Tuesday Iraqi Defence Cinister, Thabet Muhammad Saeed al Abbas, and his accompanying

Pakistani President Confers ‘Crescent of Excellence’ Medal on Saudi Military Attaché
2023-03-28 Read More...
Dr. Arif Alvi, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, conferred the “Hilal Al-Imtiaz” (Crescent of Excellence) military medal on Major General Pilot Awad bin Abdullah Al-Zahrani, the Military Attaché of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi

Egyptian, Saudi Naval Forces Start Joint Drills in Red Sea
2020-01-24 Read More...
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that the Egyptian and Saudi naval forces started to conduct joint maritime exercises within Egypt’s territorial waters in the Red Sea, Middle East News Agency (MENA)

Egypt’s President Attends Closing Ceremony of Gulf Shield 1
2018-04-18 Read More...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, and a number of other Arab leaders and senior officials from 25 countries, witnessed on Monday the closing ceremony parade of the “Gulf Shield 1” military drills,

Egypt Participates in “Medusa 5’ Military Drills in Greece
2017-11-06 Read More...
Egyptian naval and air force units arrived in Greece this past week to take part in “Medusa 5” joint drills, MENA news agency

Egypt Receives Mistral Carrier Anwar El-Sadat
2016-10-10 Read More...
The Egyptian Navy on Thursday welcomed the Mistral-class Landing Helicopter Dock – named after late president Anwar El-Sadat - which arrived in the coastal city of Alexandria coinciding with the country’s celebrations of the 43rd anniversary of 1973

Egypt, Bahrain Hold First Joint Military Exercise
2015-04-23 Read More...
For the first time, the Egyptian and Bahraini Armed Forces are conducting air-maritime joint military exercises under the name of “Hamad-1”.

Egypt Appoints New Defense Minister and Chief-of-Staff
2014-03-31 Read More...
Egypt's new Armed Forces Chief and Defense Minister has been sworn in, a day after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the

Egypt’s Army Chief Reshuffles Military Commanders
2014-03-19 Read More...
Egyptian Army Chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered the reshuffle of military officers in volatile areas of the country, including the Commander in charge of the volatile northern Sinai region and parts of the Nile

Egypt’s Defense Minister Promoted to Field Marshal
2014-01-29 Read More...
Egypt’s interim President Adely Mansour promoted Commander Abdel Fattah Al Sisi (photo) to Field Marshal, the military’s highest rank, apparently as an honor before he steps down from the military as required for him to run for

10 Kuwaiti Lawyers Join Mubarak's Defense Team
2011-09-05 Read More...
Ten Kuwaiti lawyers will join the defense team for Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak in his trial on charges of corruption and authorizing the killing of protesters, the state news agency MENA

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