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Students of Azhar education perform their exams of the second semester under start of exams in Azhar university and schools on January 15,2010 all over Egypt
Military to help secure thanaweya amma exams
Al-Masry Al-Youm 08 Apr 2013
The Defense Ministry would assist in securing the thanaweya amma (final exams) for high school students this year,...
Agriculture Ministry intensifies fight against locusts
Al-Masry Al-Youm 26 Feb 2013
Agriculture authorities have requested help from the Defense Ministry to stamp out an outbreak of locusts swarming...
Egypt imports 140,000 teargas canisters from US
Mohamed El-Garhi 22 Feb 2013
In January, the Interior Ministry ordered the import of 140,000 teargas canisters from the United States at a cost of...
Sisi swearing in
Army says rumors about dismissing defense minister 'risky'
Egypt Independent 18 Feb 2013
  Armed Forces spokesperson Ahmed Mohamed Ali has denied rumors about the dismissal of Defense Minister Abdel...
Leon Panetta, head of the US Central Intelligence Agency
Pentagon: US, Egypt defense chiefs back security ties
AFP 06 Feb 2013
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke by phone with his Egyptian counterpart on Tuesday to hear an update on the...
Military prosecution revokes prison sentences for 13 Sinai residents
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Jan 2013
Prison sentences for 13 Sinai residents have been revoked by the military prosecution in North Sinai. The sentences...
Egypt’s national football team goalkeepers Essam Al-Hadari (far left), and Abdel-Wahed Al-Sayed (second to the left), during the second day of the team’s intensive training session in preparation to play against  Niger’s national team, Niamey, 9 October, 2010. Egypt’s National Team is in Niamey to play against Niger's national team, during the second round of the preliminaries of the African Cup of Nations. Al-Hadari suffered a minor hand injury during the first day of training.
Defense Ministry agrees to host football matches in army stadiums
DPA 27 Dec 2012
The Defense Ministry has agreed to host football league matches in the Armed Forces’ stadiums as of Sunday. Azmi...
A line of protesters at the Ministry of Defense.
Retired army officers to stage protest using coffins
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Oct 2012
  A coalition of retired army officers will stage a protest using coffins next Saturday in front of the Ministry...
مجند من القوات المسلحة يقوم تأمين أحد مداخل منطقة منشية ناصر، بعد وقوع اشتباكات بين أقباط ومسلمين قبل يوم، القاهرة، 9 مارس 2011. كان قام مسلمون بالاشتباك وإطلاق النيران على أقباط كانوا يتظاهرون في «حي الزبالين»؛ احتجاجا على إحراق كنيسة الشهيدين، قرية صول،محافظة حلوان، ما أسفر عن مقتل 6 أقباط، وإصابة 45 آخرين. لاتزال الاشتباكات، التي ربما توصف بـ «الطائفية» مستمرة في المناطق التي لم بصل إليها الجيش.
Defense Minister encourages Armed Forces leadership to boost morale
Al-Masry Al-Youm 25 Sep 2012
  Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called upon the Armed Forces leadership to not fuel rumors that sow...
Sinai tribal leader decries random police raids
Al-Masry Al-Youm 13 Sep 2012
A Sinai tribal chief criticized Thursday recent “arbitrary home raids” by police forces in the city of...