{"id":641964,"date":"2017-08-02T04:07:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T04:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/02\/egypt-greece-begin-naval-joint-exercise\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T04:07:11","slug":"egypt-greece-begin-naval-joint-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/02\/egypt-greece-begin-naval-joint-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt, Greece begin naval joint-exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt and Greece have begun a multi-day joint naval and air force exercise in the Mediterranean, the Defense Ministry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Story\/341858\/19\/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83-%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7-\">said in a statement<\/a>. The joint-exercise, called Medusa 2017, will include Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean-based Mistral-class carrier Anwar Sadat along with F-16 fighter jets, among other vessels. Egyptian air and naval forces participated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContent\/1\/64\/251562\/Egypt\/Politics-\/Egyptian-army-chief-of-staff-heads-to-Greece-for-j.aspx\">Medusa 2016<\/a> exercises in Greece in December 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt and Greece have begun a multi-day joint naval and air force exercise in the Mediterranean, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The joint-exercise, called Medusa 2017, will include Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean-based Mistral-class carrier Anwar Sadat along with F-16 fighter jets, among other vessels. 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