World
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Region
3/17/2023 7:04:17 PM
A top commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces was among nine fighters killed when two helicopters crashed in Iraq earlier this week, the group said on Friday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/15/2023 6:40:23 PM
The Wagner chief said Wednesday that Russians should be allowed to criticize top military commanders after lawmakers tightened penalties for discrediting forces fighting in Ukraine.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/12/2023 10:46:08 AM
The Ukrainian military was preparing Sunday for an upcoming counteroffensive, with a top commander saying his forces' ongoing defence of Bakhmut in the face of fierce and sustained Russian attacks was necessary to "buy time" for that push.
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World
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Region
1/26/2023 3:20:51 PM
Syrian Kurdish-led forces captured a local commander of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria as part of an ongoing operation targeting sleeper cells in the city of Raqqa, the U.S.-backed forces announced Thursday.
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Egypt
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Defence
1/19/2023 7:36:17 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a decision on Thursday promoting three army commanders to the rank of Lieutenant General, said presidential spokesperson Bassam Rady.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/11/2023 9:17:31 PM
Russia has again replaced its top commander in Ukraine, putting army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in charge of its forces in the conflict, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Defence
1/1/2023 2:39:12 PM
Defence Minister and commander-in-chief of Egypt’s Armed Forces Mohamed Zaki approved on Sunday the appointment of Colonel Islam Mahdi as the Armed Forces’ new official spokesman.
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Egypt
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Defence
12/23/2022 5:48:07 PM
General Michael E. Kurilla, commander of the US’s Central Command (CENTCOM), spoke to Ahram Online via telephone where he praised Egypt as a pillar of stability in the region and affirmed the two country’s enduring military partnership.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/15/2022 9:56:43 PM
The commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces expects a new Russian attack on Kyiv in the early months of 2023, according to an interview with The Economist released Thursday.
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World
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Region
12/15/2022 1:28:46 PM
An Israeli commander on Wednesday expressed support for forces that shot and killed a teenage Palestinian girl in the occupied West Bank earlier this week.
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World
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Region
12/2/2022 4:57:16 PM
An Islamic State group commander killed in Syria in October was the group's overall leader, a Syrian security source was quoted as saying Friday by state media.
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World
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International
11/28/2022 10:41:57 PM
The chief of Russian forces in Syria has met with a Kurdish commander over threats by Turkey to launch a new incursion into northern Syria, a Kurdish spokesman and an Arab TV station said Monday.
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World
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Region
11/26/2022 4:40:16 PM
The commander of the main U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force in Syria said Saturday they have halted operations against the Islamic State group due to Turkish attacks on northern Syria over the past week.
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World
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Region
11/10/2022 1:11:56 PM
Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.
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World
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Region
10/24/2022 7:07:10 PM
Sudan's ruling military sacked a commander in the southern Blue Nile province after two days of fierce tribal clashes there last week killed at least 220 people, the army announced Monday.
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World
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International
10/15/2022 11:35:49 AM
On the eve of the opening of a key Chinese Communist Party congress, party leader, head of state and commander of the armed forces Xi Jinping seems more in charge than ever, having given no indication of stepping away from power or anointing a successor.
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Egypt
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Defence
10/11/2022 2:10:21 PM
Hamed Abdullah, the commander of the Iraqi border guards, expressed his country’s desire to promote cooperation with the Egyptian military production ministry to benefit from its expertise in all manufacturing fields.
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World
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Region
10/1/2022 1:36:28 PM
Iranian state-linked media reported late Friday that up to 19 people, including a commander in the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, were killed in an attack by armed separatists on a police base in the eastern city of Zahedan.
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Egypt
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Defence
9/11/2022 8:29:39 PM
The Egyptian Armed Forces are keen to boost military and security cooperation with the United States, Minister of Defence and Military Production Mohamed Zaki said in a meeting in Egypt with Commander of US Central Command Michael Kurilla on Sunday.
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World
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Region
8/26/2022 6:44:25 PM
Commander of the UAE Naval Forces Rear Admiral Pilot Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan received Vice Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command Admiral Brad Cooper and explored means of fostering relations in all fields, especially those related to military and defense affairs, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
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