{"id":640860,"date":"2017-09-06T03:54:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/06\/bright-star-to-commence-next-sunday\/"},"modified":"2017-09-06T03:54:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:54:17","slug":"bright-star-to-commence-next-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/06\/bright-star-to-commence-next-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Star to commence next Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-06\"><\/a> <strong>Bright Star military exercises with US kick off this coming Sunday: <\/strong>The joint Egypt-US Bright Star military exercise will begin in Egypt next Sunday after an eight-year hiatus, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyArmySpox\/posts\/1136874283110219\">Armed Forces statement<\/a>. The wargames will run until 20 September and focus on counterterrorism strategies and modern-day security threats, with about 200 US troops participating, <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2017\/9\/1794.pdf\">according to a US Embassy statement (pdf)<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/wires\/ap\/article-4854532\/Egypt-host-war-games-US-8-year-hiatus.html\">Associated Press<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2017-09\/05\/c_136586666.htm\">Chinese wire Xinhua<\/a> both note the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also taking place later this month:<\/strong> Egyptian and Russian paratroopers will partake in the Protectors of Friendship 2017 counter-terrorism drills in Russia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almasryalyoum.com\/news\/details\/1187061\">Al Masry Al Youm reports<\/a> citing statements from the Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bright Star military exercises with US kick off this coming Sunday: The joint Egypt-US Bright Star military exercise will begin in Egypt next Sunday after an eight-year hiatus, according to an Armed Forces statement. 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