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HRH Crown Prince attend inauguration of new research

Manama - Muslimchronicle

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister today attended the inauguration of SEARCH, a new facility established for Culture and Research. Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, His Excellency Shaikh Nasser bin Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, also attended the inauguration. Inaugurated under the patronage ofRead more

Iraq finally bans fake detectors

Baghdad - Arab Today

For nearly a decade, anyone driving through one of Baghdad’s many checkpoints was subjected to a search by a soldier pointing a security wand at their vehicle and watching the device intently to see if its antenna moved. If it pointed at the car, it had supposedly detected a possible bomb. The wands were completely bogus. It had been provenRead more

Beacon from Egypt crash detected, search narrows

Cairo - Arab Today

A French vessel that joined the search for the EgyptAir plane which crashed last week killing all 66 people on board arrived Friday in the crash area, as Egyptian officials said search teams in the Mediterranean have picked up a beacon believed to be from the doomed aircraft. According to Egyptian officials, the French ship is carrying equipment that canRead more

Egyptian investigation panel following up search operation for MS804 wreckage

Cairo - Arab Today

An Egyptian team investigating the EgyptAir plane crash is following up search operations in the hope to retrieve more wreckage from the Mediterranean waters. Jets from the Egyptian air force and the Ministry of Petroleum, as well as from France and Greece, are contributing to the search operation, said a statement by the investigation panel Tuesday. Some of the planeRead more

US Navy P-3 Orion Assists in Search for EgyptAir Flight MS804

Cairo - Arab Today

The US Navy P-3s continued to support the search effort with two missions from NAS Sigonella. While on station the first aircraft coordinated its search efforts with an Egyptian Navy, according to the website of the US Naval Forces Europe-Africa / US 6th Fleet on Sunday. While on station the second aircrew located a debris with over 100 pieces ofRead more

France, Greece join search for missing EgyptAir plane

Cairo - Arab Today

French and Greek naval forces have joined the search for a missing EgyptAir plane, announced the Egyptian Armed Forces. In a statement Thursday, the Armed Forces said troops from the naval and armed forces have been deployed to locate an EgyptAir Paris-Cairo flight that disappeared off radar screens over the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people aboard. Radar lost contact withRead more

British navy ready to join Egyptian plane search

London - MENA

The UK's Royal Navy says it is making contingency plans to help in the search for the missing EgyptAir plane. RFA Lyme Bay, RFA Cardigan Bay and HMS Enterprise are all in the region and ready to help if requested, the Royal Navy said according to the BBC. The plane was en route from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport toRead more

Greece, France, Britain, Cyprus, Italy participate in search operations for missing plane

Cairo - Arab Today

The Armed Forces announced on Thursday that Greece, France, Britain, Cyprus and Italy are currently participating in the intensive search operation for the missing plane in cooperation with Egyptian Armed Forces. In a statement Thursday evening, the Armed Forces stated that there is joint cooperation in search and rescue operations for the Airbus A320. Source : MENARead more

Greece deploys military jets in search for missing Egyptian plane

Cairo - Arab Today

The Greek authorities deployed military jets to the area located 130 nautical miles southeast of Karpathos Island in search of an Egyptian plane that went missing this morning. According to a statement circulated by the Greek embassy here, the Greek Armed Forces deployed a C-130 aircraft and an early-warning EMB-145H plane with another C-130 on its way from northern CreteRead more

Defence Minister receives phone call from Greek counterpart on search operations for missing plane

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Cairo - Arab Today

Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi received on Thursday a phone call from his Greek counterpart. The Phone conversation tackled coordinating the support required for search and rescue operations for the missing plane by Greek air forces and naval units in coordination with Egyptian Armed Forces. The call also took up the participation of French forces in theRead more