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Egypt, Mauritania Sign MoU for Military Cooperation
2023-02-05 Read More...
General Mohamed Zaki, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Minister of Defense and Military Production, recently met General Hanena Ould Sidi, Minister of National Defense of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (photo), and his

13th Annual Cardio Military Conference Concludes in Egypt
2023-01-31 Read More...
The Military Medical Academy of the Egyptian Armed Forces organized the annual cardiology conference in cooperation with the Egyptian Society of Cardiology at the Intercontinental Cairo City Stars Hotel from 25-26 January

Egypt, USA Conclude ‘Bright Star 2021’ Training Exercises
2021-09-17 Read More...
Mohamed Farid, Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, has met with Kenneth McKenzie, Commander of the US Central Command, and his accompanying delegation, who is currently visiting Egypt to follow up on the joint training activities “Bright

ThyssenKrupp Delivers 4th S-44 Submarine to Egypt
2021-08-05 Read More...
Egypt received, on Monday, German-made S-44 submarine, according to the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesperson Gharib Abdel

Egypt, Serbia Sign Military Cooperation Agreement
2021-07-15 Read More...
Egypt’s Minister of Defense Lieutenant-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mohamed Zaki received, on Tuesday, Nebojša Stefanović, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of

Saudi Chief of General Staff Receives Egyptian Navy Commander
2021-04-30 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s Chief of the General Staff, Lt. General Fayyad bin Hamid Al-Ruwaili received in Riyadh Wednesday the Commander of the Egyptian Navy, Lieutenant General Ahmed Khaled

Egypt Receives US Central Command’s Director for Strategy, Plans & Policy
2021-03-23 Read More...
Major General Scott Benedict, the US Central Command’s Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy, visited Egypt from 17 to 19 March, to discuss bilateral defense

High-Ranking Egyptian Military Delegation Visits Portugal
2020-11-04 Read More...
Mohamed Zaki, Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of Egypt’s Armed Forces (photo), headed to Portugal at the head of a high-ranking military delegation, on Monday, for an official visit that will last several

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, Russia Conclude ‘Arrow of Friendship-2019’ Drills
2019-11-08 Read More...
Air defense units of the Russian and Egyptian armed forces have conducted live firing from air defense systems during military drills near the Egyptian capital Cairo, the press service of Russia’s Southern Military District said on

Egypt Defense Minister Attends ‘Medusa 9’ Drills in Greece
2019-11-07 Read More...
Egypt’s Minister of Defense General Mohamed Zaki, headed on Monday to Greece to attend the main phase of the joint air and maritime drills dubbed “Medusa 9”, according to a statement by the military

Egypt, UK Start Joint AHMOSE Military Exercise
2019-03-07 Read More...
The joint military exercise ‘AHMOSE’ kicked off on Tuesday with an inaugural ceremony at Mohamed Naguib base in Alexandria,

Egyptian Minister of Defense Receives Indian Counterpart
2018-09-25 Read More...
Indian Minister of Defense Nirmala Sitharaman met on Friday with Egyptian Minister of Defense Mohamed Zaki during her two-day visit to Cairo to enhance security cooperation between the two countries, according a tweet posted on the official twitter

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