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Border troops thwarts attempt by 196 persons to enter country via western borders
Border troops thwarts attempt by 196 persons to enter country
Egypt Independent 23 Apr 2013
Military Spokesperson Ahmed said border troops foiled attempts at "infiltration" at the western military...
Egyptian army tanks deployed in February 2011
Finances of army and president are being monitored: Auditing authority
Al-Masry Al-Youm 23 Apr 2013
All state bodies, including the army and police, are under financial scrutiny from the government’s Central...
Ahmed Ali, spokesperson of the Armed Forces
Update: Army denies reports that govt will oversee its commercial activities
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Apr 2013
The spokesperson for the Armed Forces denied reports that the army had agreed to allow the Central Auditing...
Armed Forces denies aircraft shot down
Al-Masry Al-Youm 21 Apr 2013
The Armed Forces denied on Sunday morning that a military aircraft was brought down by smugglers in southwest Egypt....
Smuggling tunnels were located by military forces to be destroyed, Rafah city, northern Sinai, 9 August 2012. Egyptian military forces deploying in northern Sinai's main town of al-Arish days after it began a crackdown on Islamist militants in the region following attack killed 16 soldiers, and injured 7.
Military finds car smuggling tunnel in Rafah
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Apr 2013
An unnamed source from the military reported Tuesday that border guards and an Armed Forces engineering division had...
A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency on November 22, 2012, shows newly appointed Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah (L) meets with President Mohamed Morsy (R) at the presidential palace in Cairo. Morsy assumed sweeping powers prompting prominent opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei to accuse him of usurping authority and becoming a "new pharoah".
No real evidence army committed abuses, claims prosecutor
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Apr 2013
A report by a fact-finding committee appointed by President Mohamed Morsy that had implicated the Armed Forces in...
Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi (C), head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), and Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sami Anan (2nd L) attend a speech by Egypt's new President Mohamed Morsy (not pictured) at Cairo University June 30, 2012. Morsy said on Saturday the military that took charge when Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year had kept its promise to hand over power, speaking at a ceremony to mark the formal transfer of authority.
Morsy meets with SCAF after report accuses army of abuses
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Apr 2013
President Mohamed Morsy met with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces for an hour and a half on Thursday evening, as...
Youth arrested for trying to win girl's heart with army uniform
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Apr 2013
Military police arrested a 22-year-old man in Mansoura on Thursday on charges of impersonating an officer of the Armed...
The new rail tractors
State backs down on forcing striking train drivers into army
Jano Charbel 11 Apr 2013
State authorities halted attempts at conscripting striking train drivers into the service of the Armed Forces on...
A boy walks near army trucks carrying tanks and vehicles, expecting opposition against militants, arriving at Rafah city, some 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo, 9 August 2012. Egyptian police fought gunmen in northern Sinai's main town of al-Arish on Thursday, state television reported, a day after security forces began a crackdown on Islamist militants in the region.
Activists claim 1 million signatures supporting military takeover
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Apr 2013
More than 1 million Egyptians have signed petitions urging the military to take over the country, the activist 25...