The ministry added that, based on contacts through Egyptian embassies and consulates in the region, no casualties among nationals abroad had been recorded so far.
CAIRO – 28 February 2026: Egypt has ordered its missions in the Middle East to continue 24-hour monitoring of the country’s expats in the Middle East to ensure full support, as regional tensions spiked amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attack.
The ministry added that, based on contacts through Egyptian embassies and consulates in the region, no casualties among nationals abroad had been recorded so far.
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held a series of calls with heads of Egyptian missions across the region on Saturday to check on the safety of Egyptian communities, the ministry said in a statement.
He instructed diplomatic missions to raise their alert level to the maximum and to continue close, round-the-clock follow-up on the conditions of Egyptian nationals to guarantee the provision of necessary support and consular care.
US and Israeli forces carried out coordinated strikes across Iran on Saturday as part of operation “Epic Fury” that is expected to last for several days, according to US officials.
The strikes have targeted Iranian leadership compounds, the military command, nuclear facilities, ballistic missile infrastructure, alongside other targets, killing dozens including children.
Iran responded with retaliatory attacks across the Middle East, launching waves of missiles targeting the US military presence in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
The affected countries are intercepting successive waves of Iranian strikes, as Iran’s armed forces vowed to “teach [Israel and the US] a lesson that they have never experienced in their history.”
“Any base in the whole region that helps Israel will be a target of the sacred system of the Islamic republic,” a senior armed forces’ spokesman said, adding: “We will show no leniency.”
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