Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), the newly appointed chair of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, withheld on Tuesday $235 million in US military financing earmarked for Egypt. The move pits Cardin against the Biden administration.
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President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi laid wreaths at the Memorial of the Armed Forces Martyrs in Nasr City on Tuesday as well as the tombs of late presidents Anwar El-Sadat and Gamal Abdel-Nasser to mark the 50th anniversary of the 6th of October War 1973.
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Egypt's Armed Forces announced on Monday that nine military personnel, including officers and other ranks, were either killed or injured after a transport truck carrying ammunition overturned in Sharqiya Governorate.
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A military delegation led by Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Osama Askar arrived in Libya on Tuesday to coordinate the provision of urgent logistical and humanitarian assistance in the wake of Storm Daniel that left thousands killed and missing in the eastern Mediterranean.
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The joint Egypt-US military exercise Bright Star 2023 kicked off at Mohamed Naguib Military Base in Egypt on Thursday with the participation of 800 fighters from 19 countries, the Egyptian armed forces announced.
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India will participate for the first time ever - along with 33 countries - in Egypt's biannual multinational military exercise ‘Bright Star-23’ that will be held from 31 August to 14 September.
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General Mohamed Zaki, Minister of Defense and Military Production, discussed Monday with Miloš Vučić, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, the military cooperation between Egypt and Serbia, the Egyptian Armed Forces announced.
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Over 460 peacekeepers from the Egyptian combat and convoy escort battalion of United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) left the city of Gao, in northern Mali, on Friday.
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Minister of Defence and Military Production Mohamed Zaki witnessed on Wednesday the implementation of the main phase of the Third Field Army’s mobilization command centres project.
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The Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Osama Askar discussed military cooperation and partnership between the Egyptian and US armies with US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Gen. Michael Kurilla and his delegation who are currently visiting Cairo.
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The Egyptian-Emirati Al-Alamein Air Show 2023 was held on Monday over the new Egyptian Mediterranean city of Al-Alamein on the northern coast, with the participation of the Egyptian aerobatics team, Silver Stars, and the UAE team, Al-Fursan.
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The Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Sunday that they are preparing to send three Chinook helicopters to Greece to help in fighting forest fires.
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The German-made MEKO A-200 frigate, named "Al-Qahhar," arrived at the Alexandria naval base Sunday to join the Egyptian Navy, nearly two weeks after it was handed over at the German port city of Bremerhaven.
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Egypt and Israel have agreed to increase surveillance cameras and towers on the border, Saudi TV channel Al-Arabiya reported on Sunday, citing sources.
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Egypt’s Minister of Defence and Military Production General Mohamed Zaki discussed in a telephone call with Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant circumstances surrounding the incident that took place on Saturday on the Egypt-Israel border and measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
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The Egyptian Armed Forces received a MEKO A-200 frigate, the second of four frigates of the same type contracted from Germany.
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Italian Minister of Defence Guido Crosetto noted in a meeting with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday that “Egypt plays a key role in maintaining stability in the Middle East and Mediterranean regions,” according to a statement released by the Egyptian presidency.
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Egypt’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Osama Askar met with India’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Manoj Pande on Tuesday.
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The Egyptian and Indian air forces conducted an air exercise at an Egyptian airbase, aimed at strengthening military cooperation between the two countries, the Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Monday.
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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Thursday morning with a number of senior military commanders at the State Strategic Command Centre, Egypt’s Presidential Spokesperson Ahmed Fahmy said in a statement.
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