Latest in Tag: army Highlight
Latest in Tag: army

Ehud Barak: Israel can conquer Gaza today
Rocket fire from Gaza into Israel continues, Israel kills 6 Palestinians to thwart attacks

Iraqi VP sentenced to death
Ongoing turmoil in Iraq as top Iraqi politician is sentenced to death in absentia

Renewed clashes between army and rebels in Sudan leaves dozens dead
The two sides fight on many fronts while their spokesmen give conflicting statements

Possible pardon for detained 8 April army officers
Daily News Egypt unable to verify reports

Taliban attack suspected of having insider help
Ten Afghani soldiers killed by Taliban driving suspicion

Car of Egyptian diplomat in Libya bombed
Motive unknown, underlines dire situation

El-Roweiny needlessly resigns and El-Sisi appoints more new military leaders
El-Roweiny is now the sixth member of SCAF to leave the political scene

Tribesmen killed in Sinai as unrest continues
The exact identity of the attackers remains unclear at this point yet

Safe exit for Tantawi and Anan
Morsy appointed Tantawi and Anan as presidential advisors and awarded Tantawi Egypt’s top state honour

Turkish parliamentarian kidnapped by rebels
Kurdish forces draw attention amidst a military offensive

Army operation provokes barrage of questions
Evidence of the attackers comes to light as the army reinforces troops and tanks in North Sinai

Rafah crossing closed again
Government closes Rafah border, Military equipment moved to Sinai, following last week’s attack

Shots fired outside presidential palace
Shots were heard outside the presidential palace in the Heliopolis neighborhood of Cairo on Wednesday night at 10.30pm.

Canadian student arrested in Sinai
a Canadian student arrested in Sinai on suspicion of involvement in an ambush that killed 16 soldiers.

Israel targets Hezbollah operatives
Shin Bet claims that the explosives were enough to launch a “wave of serious terrorist attacks”

Egyptian army retaliates after Rafah attack
The raids followed further attacks on security checkpoints on Tuesday night, this time near Al-Arish.

Mourners at military funeral throw shoes at PM, President absent
In a crowded funeral, midday Tuesday, Egyptians honored the security men who were killed in a deadly attack on Sunday night in Sinai.
Different angles to analyse Rafah’s turmoil
At midnight on Sunday, 16 Egyptian border guards were pronounced dead. One might imagine that they were just sitting together during iftar, enjoying some of Sinai’s tasty dates and milk when unrevealed gunmen abruptly shot them dead. Some of those killed might have even been taking their last bite of bread at that very moment. …

Sinai attack – Repercussions on the Gaza blockade
The killing of 16 Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border raises questions

SCAF vows to avenge the killing of its soldiers
The Supreme Council of Armed Forces announces the details of the Rafah deadly attack, vowing to avenge the killing of 16 Egyptian soldiers near Rafah.

UN unifies to condemn own Security Council on Syria
Countries to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution include some of the most isolated states in the body’s membership

Lebanon MP: Army is doing Hezbollah’s ‘dirty work’
The Lebanese Member of Parliament thinks the army is not operating independently

200,000 Syrians flee Aleppo
An exodus of historic proportions is underway as besieged citizens abandon Syria’s second city for safety

January vs. July
The January 25th revolutionaries believe in their heart of hearts that their revolution came to end the July 23rd revolution

Mali militia to deal with Islamist militants “with or without the Mali army”
Group vows to push back the Islamists in northern Mali

Libyan General appeals to militias
Armed groups continue to overrun post-revolution Libya

India probes into US Navy ship firing on boat
Officials request an investigation into an incident which left one Indian national dead

Military crackdown continues
Military abuse continues as protesters challenge the ruling generals

Iranian drones and submarines raise alarms
Iran’s’ tiny’ army is bigger than it seems