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Under the patronage of Minister of State for Defence Affairs, H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, and in the presence of Chief of Staff of Qatar Armed Forces, H E Major General (Pilot) Ghanim bin Shaheen Al Ghanim, the 'Iron Shield exercise carried out by the Qatari Emiri Land Forces in cooperation with Turkish forces ended yesterday.
The Director of the Directorate of Moral Guidance at the Ministry of Defense Lt Colonel Nawaf bin Mubarak bin Saif Al Thani, said in a press release that the exercise was held at Camp Al Dahiliyat to prepare the Emiri Land Forces to defend the country's lands and vital economic, strategic and infrastructure facilities.
For his part, the commander of the exercise, Brigadier Hadi Rashid Al Shahwani, said that the 'Iron Shield included training of leaders to assess the situation, planning, control and coordination between units of the Qatari Emiri Land Forces and Turkish forces to stop and prevent infiltrations and regain control of the situation in vital areas.
The 'Iron Shield exercise was carried out in three stages: planning and preparation, command center exercise and briefing and lessons learned.
The military exercise comes on the basis of prior agreements in the framework of bilateral defence cooperation between Qatar and Turkey to support counter-terrorism efforts, extremism and smuggling operations as well as to maintain security and stability in the region.
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