Egypt, Jordan conduct joint ‘Aqaba 3’ military drill

CAIRO – 28 November 2017: The Egyptian Armed Forces on Monday conducted the main stage of the joint military exercise, entitled “Aqaba 3”, with its Jordanian counterpart. The exercise comes in the framework of the Egyptian military's annual training with its allies.

The Egyptian Armed Forces participated with a number of its naval and air forces, as well as commandos. The exercise began with a lecture given by General Sherif Seif El-Deen Hussein, head of the Egyptian Southern Military Region, on how the training exercises will be executed.

The drills include different strategies and exercises, such as reconnaissance missions, surveying, rescue missions and boarding suspicious ships. All exercises were practiced through the coordination of the two sides.