الأربعاء، 30 أبريل 2014

بالصور المملكة العربية السعودية ينتهي ' أكبر ' مناورةعسكرية في تاريخها

. بالصور المملكة العربية السعودية ينتهي ' أكبر ' مناورةعسكرية في تاريخها
Saudi Arabia ends 'largest' military manuevers in its historySaudi Arabia ended military exercises Tuesday along the borders of Iraq and

Kuwait, as well as other regions, in what the media described as the largest in

the kingdom's history.
"We are preparing our armed forces to protect" the nation, daily Al-Eqtisadiah

website quoted general staff chief Lieutenant General Hussein al-Qabeel as

saying.
The armed forces "do not aim to attack anyone as this is not our wise

government's policy," Qabeel added.
English-language daily Arab News said "tens of thousands of soldiers,

backed by military jets, helicopters and ships as well as tankers and anti-

missile systems, are participating" in the "largest military exercise in the

kingdom's history."
The operation, in which elite National Guard and interior ministry units also

took part, was carried out in the eastern, southern, and northern regions, Al-

Eqtisadiah website aleqt.com reported.
It "aims at increasing the level of training and testing the capability of our

armed forces in deterring any attack from any of these sides," the daily

quoted Qabeel as saying.
In 1990, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's forces invaded and occupied

Kuwait. They were expelled the following year in the Gulf War.
Some of the exercises took place in Hafr al-Batin, which borders Iraq.
Relations have been strained between predominantly Sunni Muslim Saudi

Arabia and Saddam's successor, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose Shiite

-led government is backed by Tehran.

اختتام تمارين «سيف عبدالله»

ختام تمرين (سيف عبدالله) والذي يعد أكبر مناورة عسكرية مشتركة في تاريخ القوات المسلحة السعودية تحت رعاية ولي العهد صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سلمان بن عبدالعزيز