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Egypt in advanced talks to purchase 12 Chinese J-10 Vigorous Dragon fighter jets

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Egypt is in advanced talks with China for the purchase of around 12 of the latest version of the J-10 Vigorous Dragon multirole combat fighter jet, The New Arab reports. Talks between the two sides started last year and the North African country is expected to send representatives of its Air force to the Chinese […]
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Egypt: US froze military aid over Cairo’s secret arms deal from North Korea

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Washington in August froze $300 million military aid to Cairo after US intelligence intercepted a shipment of 30,000 grenades from North Korea to Egypt under an apparent secret deal violating international sanctions against the rogue state, reports suggest. The Trump administration unexpectedly put halt to the money citing the North African country’s poor human right […]