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Jared Szuba

Jared Szuba

Jul 17, 2020

US naval troops perform an operation during the Bright Star joint war games that involved 30,000 troops from 12 countries on the coast of Egypt's northern El-Alamein region, Sept. 15, 2005. Bright Star was scheduled for this year, but is likely to be postponed until 2021. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

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Pentagon expands role in Egypt war games as US weighs aid cuts

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

American and Egyptian paratroopers are air-dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Bright Star 2007, at Kum Oshim 90 km (56 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt November 8, 2007. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT ) - GM1DWNYROZAA

Pentagon revamps Egypt war games in trust-building exercise

Jack Detsch

U.S. Marine and an Israeli soldier practice urban combat during Juniper Cobra, a U.S.-Israeli joint air defence exercise, in Zeelim, southern Israel, March 12, 2018. Picture taken March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1B52D889D0

Pentagon adjusts war games to cope with Iran threat

Jack Detsch

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Biden administration plans to sell F-15 fighter jets to Egypt

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military