Riyadh, Safar 20, 1440, Oct 29, 2018, SPA -- The Saudi Armed Forces is set to participate in the "Arab Shield-1" drill, scheduled for Egypt from October 30 and lasts for three weeks in the participation of armed forces of the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and host Egypt, it was reported here today. The commander of the Saudi forces assigned to take part in the drill Brigadier Abdullah bin Hussein Al-Subaie said that all land, air, sea and air defense forces selected for the maneuver have completed preparedness. He pointed out that the drill comes within plans of the Ministry of Defense to train armed forces members to raise their readiness. --SPA 17:32 LOCAL TIME 14:32 GMT 0017 www.spa.gov.sa/w777865