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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Egypt, Saudi Arabia mull joint military drill
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgypt and Saudi Arabia are considering holding joint military maneuvers in the kingdom as the allies carry out air strikes in its neighbor Yemen, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s office says. Other Gulf Arab countries would also participate.
“It was decided to form a joint military committee to look into a large-scale strategic maneuver on Saudi territory,” says the statement issued after Sissi met Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohamed bin Salman.
It gives no further details, but a security official says such joint maneuvers were the “highest level of training exercises.”
— AFP
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