Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The United States has pledged to accelerate delivery of 20 F-16 multi-role fighters to Egypt in 2013. Officials said Egypt would receive all of the F-16 Block 52 aircraft this year. They said the arrival of the four aircraft marked the first delivery of the F-16s in 2013 as part […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army has disobeyed orders by President Mohammed Morsi to employ live fire against civilian rioters. Western diplomatic sources said senior Army commanders have ordered their troops not to open fire on civilians amid the nationwide unrest in Egypt. They said this violated a directive by Morsi that infantry […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has failed to enforce a curfew imposed by its Islamist president amid rising anti-government violence. Egyptian opposition sources said the deployment of the military has not resulted in an enforced curfew in three cities along the Suez Canal. They said Egyptian Army main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — While Egypt’s military has ended operations in the mountains of Sinai Peninsula, security sources said insurgents were scattered throughout the peninsula. “There are other areas where we believe the terrorists are located,” a source said. The sources said the military also reduced ground operations in Sinai in an effort to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has failed to find the mountain bases of Al Qaida-aligned militias in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security sources said Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi called off plans for a massive search for Islamic insurgents in the Halal mountains in Sinai. The sources said Sisi, supported by his new military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has continued its purge of military commanders appointed by then-President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt’s new defense minister, Abdul Fatah Sisi, has made his first appointments since he was named by President Mohammed Morsi. Sisi, said to be close to the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, ordered the replacement of senior commanders appointed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, in wake of the dismissal of Egypt’s military command, has advanced the F-16 multi-role fighter for the Arab state. The Defense Department has awarded a major contract to facilitate the procurement of F-16s by the Egyptian Air Force. The Pentagon selected American International Contractors for a $66.6 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — President Mohammed Morsi, continuing his purge of the military and intelligence community, has fired the commanders of the military services. Morsi dismissed the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force in the third stage of the military purge by Egypt’s first Islamist president. Morsi named new commanders and ordered […]