Military Exercises
The Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation announced, in a Wednesday statement, that it issued a notice to all Egyptian airlines not to fly over Iranian airspace due to military exercises that will be conducted in August.
Over the course of several days, military personnel from the Egyptian Parachute and Thunderbolt Forces, alongside their counterparts from the Pakistani Special Forces, participated in the exercises held in Egypt.
The drills will continue for several days and be led by the Egyptian Parachute Forces, the statement added.
The exercises included a set of ambush patrols, reconnaissance raid, and training on combat operations in mountainous and built-up areas. shootings were carried out using different weapons, the statement added.
The Egyptian frigate (Segm Abu Qir), the French helicopter carrier MISTRAL and the French FREMM-class frigate COURBET carried out many different training activities.
"Bright Star 2021" is taking place on September 2-17 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base with the participation of 21 countries.
The main phase began with displaying the preparatory and organizational measures of the mission.
The meeting tackled ways to enhance military cooperation and the latest developments in regional and international issues, especially the efforts of combating terrorism.
The maneuvers aim at training the forces to launch simultaneous military operations on all fronts,
Egyptian and Jordanian armed forces concluded the joint military exercises "Aqaba 5" in the Egyptian southern military zone.
The preparatory phase of the two-week training started with theoretical sessions on the training and advanced air defense systems, in light of exchanging experience between two countries on air defense drills.
The meeting was attended by representatives from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Egypt, Jordan, and U.S.
The Egyptian Armed Forces arrived on Tuesday, Dec.11 in Jordan to participate with its Jordanian counterpart in the joint military exercises “Aqaba 4”.
This falls within the framework of a plan by the Egyptian Armed Forces General Command to enhance military cooperation with friendly and sisterly states.
The drills will take place at Mohamed Naguib Base, west of Alexandria.
The drills will take place at Mohamed Naguib Base in addition to maritime exercises in the Mediterranean Sea.
South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Sunday after they were delayed by about a month for the Winter Olympics.
The United States and South Korea have agreed to delay joint military exercises until after the Winter Olympics next month.
The tour included training fields at the base, and visiting the external training camp of infantry and tanks.
Russia on Tuesday dismissed Western concerns over its upcoming military exercises with Belarus, calling them "purely defensive".
