Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a decree to issue a law to establish the Egyptian Military Academy.

Israel is taking part in a huge US-led naval exercise in the Middle East, for the first time publicly joining Saudi Arabia and Oman, two countries it has no diplomatic relations with despite its normalisation of ties with some Gulf states.

The joint naval exercise called Morgan-17 between Egyptian and Saudi naval forces has kicked off in Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Monday.

The Egyptian and French naval forces carried out a transit naval exercise on Saturday in the Egyptian Northern Fleet area in the Mediterranean Sea, with the participation of the Egyptian frigate Port Said and the French frigate La Provence.

The Egyptian and Saudi armed forces continued the joint military training “Tabuk-5”, which is being implemented over several days in Saudi Arabia.

The Egyptian Naval Forces and the US Forces carried out a naval exercise in the Egyptian Southern Fleet area in the Red Sea, with the participation of the Egyptian frigate Alexandria and two US destroyers – the USS Cole and the USS JANSON DUNHAM.

The Egyptian-Jordanian military training “Aqabab6” concluded on Monday with the participation of the ground and naval special forces, and paratroopers of both countries. The training was carried out in Jordan.

A detachment of ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Egyptian Navy began a three-day naval phase of the joint Bridge of Friendship 2021 maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea.

The joint naval air force training, Medusa- 11, which will continue for several days, has been launched in Greece, with the participation from the Egyptian, Greek, Cypriot and Emirati armed forces; as well as the participation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as an observer.

The Egyptian and US naval forces have conducted joint naval drills in the joint drill in the Southern Fleet in the Red Sea with the participation of the Egyptian frigate “Alexandria” and the American cruiser (USS Portland).