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French President Awards ‘Officer of Legion of Honor’ to UAE Commander of Joint Operations
2021-04-05 Read More...
Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, has awarded Major General Saleh Muhammad Al Ameri, Commander of Joint Operations at the Ministry of Defense, the Legion of Honor (Officer), the highest national decoration in

Chief of Staff of UAE Armed Forces Meets Senior Officials in Morocco
2021-04-01 Read More...
Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, met with Abdellatif Lodi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in Charge of the National Defense Administration, in the Moroccan

Police Sciences Academy in Sharjah Holds Graduation Ceremony
2021-03-31 Read More...
H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah (UAE) and Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council, and Chairman of the Police Academy Council, and in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem Al

UAE-Korea Supreme Military Joint Committee Holds 8th Meeting
2021-03-25 Read More...
The 8th meeting of the UAE-Korea Supreme Military Joint Committee reviewed the bilateral friendship and cooperation relations, and ways to enhance them in a way that serves common interests, especially in the military

Brazilian Defence Minister Hails Distinguished Ties with UAE
2021-03-24 Read More...
Fernando Azevedo e Silva, Brazilian Minister of Defence, has commended the distinguished overall ties between Brazil and the UAE, most notably in the area of

UAE Defense Minister Attends Officers' Graduation at Zayed II Military College
2021-03-05 Read More...
Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defense Affairs, attended the graduation of the 38th batch of fficers at the Zayed II Military

EDCC, ADDED to Support Abu Dhabi’s Defence & Security Sectors
2021-03-04 Read More...
The Emirates Defence Companies Council (EDCC) and the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to build a strategic partnership to support the defence and security

UAE Ministry of Defence, Slovakia Sign Military Cooperation Agreement
2021-03-03 Read More...
Major General Pilot Falah Mohammed Al Qahtani, Assistant Under-Secretary of the UAE Ministry of Defence for Policies and Strategic Affairs, signed, with Michal Kovac, Ambassador of Slovakia to the UAE, an agreement to strengthen the military

UAE’s Hope Probe Sends First Image of Mars
2021-02-15 Read More...
The Emirates Mars Mission team announced Sunday that the Hope Probe, which successfully entered the orbit of Mars last Tuesday, has sent the first image of the Red

UAE’s Hope Probe Arrives to Mars
2021-02-11 Read More...
UAE President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated UAE citizens and residents and people of the wider region for the success of the UAE’s Hope Probe arrival to Mars in the first Arab interplanetary mission that marks the Arab

UAE, Spain Sign Security Cooperation Agreement
2021-02-09 Read More...
H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, signed on Sunday, an agreement between the UAE and Spain to step up cooperation in security fields and the exchange of expertise and

UAE, US Start 10-Day Joint Military Exercise ‘Iron Union 14’
2021-02-01 Read More...
A 10-day joint military exercise between the ground forces of the UAE and the United States, began in the UAE

UAE, US Joint Military Exercise Concludes
2021-01-29 Read More...
The joint UAE-US military exercise aimed to enhance the bilateral military cooperation between the two countries and exchange expertise has concluded in Al Hamra,

King of Jordan Opens Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Aqaba Field Hospital
2021-01-27 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday inaugurated the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Field Hospital for coronavirus patients in

UAE, Iraq Discuss Defense Cooperation
2021-01-13 Read More...
Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs, received in Abu Dhabi Monday (photo), Juma Inad Saadoun, Iraqi Minister of Defense, and his delegation, in the presence of Matar Salem Al

UAE, Pakistan to Boost Defense Cooperation
2021-01-06 Read More...
The UAE Ambassador to Pakistan, Hamad Obaid Alzaabi, has discussed with Zobaida Jalal, Pakistani Federal Minister for Defense Production, ways to further develop relations between the two countries and reviewed current regional and international

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