Egypt, Sudan conduct joint military drills - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohamed Saied

Mohamed Saied

Nov 20, 2020

Three French-made Rafale fighter jets fly with other Egyptian air force warplanes (unseen) above Cairo, on July 21, 2015. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

Egypt and Sudan are holding joint military exercises that will run until Nov. 26, the latest indication of deepening military ties between the two neighbors sharing the Nile.

Units from Egypt's air force and Saiqa (Thunderbolt) commando forces arrived at Sudan's Lt. Gen. Awad Khalafallah Air Base in Merowe, northern Khartoum, to start the joint military exercises Nov. 14, the Egyptian army said.

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