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  2. Battle of Migdol (601 BC) - Wikipedia

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    The battle took place in the last days of 601 BC. Nebuchadnezzar advanced into the sinai to invade Egypt and was met by Necho and his forces. a fierce battle broke out near the fortress of Migdol where both sides had many casualties. the Babylonians withdrew and were pursued by Necho who captured Gaza.

  3. Battle of Carchemish - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptians met the full might of the Babylonian and Median army led by Nebuchadnezzar II at Carchemish, where the combined Egyptian and Assyrian forces were destroyed. Assyria ceased to exist as an independent power, and Egypt retreated and was no longer a significant force in the Ancient Near East. Babylonia reached its economic peak after ...

  4. Yom Kippur War - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian forces then consolidated their initial positions. On 7 October, the bridgeheads were enlarged an additional 4 km (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi), at the same time repulsing Israeli counterattacks. In the north, the Egyptian 18th Division attacked the town of El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya, engaging Israeli forces in and around the town. The fighting there ...

  5. Egypt's Sisi names new armed forces chief of staff, defence ...

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    CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi named a new chief of staff for the armed forces on Wednesday, after replacing the defence minister in his newly formed cabinet, as tensions ...

  6. Egyptian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. There are 3 pending revisions awaiting review. Combined military forces of Egypt You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Arabic. (April 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google ...

  7. Siege of Babylon Fortress - Wikipedia

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    The Babylon Fortress, a major military stronghold of the Byzantine Empire in Egypt, was captured by forces of the Rashidun Caliphate after a prolonged siege in 640. It was a major event during the Muslim conquest of Egypt .

  8. Egypt–Israel relations - Wikipedia

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    Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at Camp David, 1978. EgyptIsrael relations are foreign relations between Egypt and Israel.The state of war between both countries which dated back to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War culminated in the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and was followed by the 1979 EgyptIsrael peace treaty a year after the Camp David Accords, mediated by U.S. president Jimmy ...

  9. List of wars involving Egypt - Wikipedia

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    EgyptIsrael peace treaty [39] Anwar Sadat: Ahmad Ismail Ali: 5,000 [40] –15,000 [41] dead Unknown: Shaba I (1977) Zaire Morocco Egypt: FNLC: Victory. FNCL expelled from Katanga; Mohamed el-Gamasy: None: None: Egyptian–Libyan War (1977) Egypt: Libya: Ceasefire. Libyan Armed Forces expelled from Egypt; Egyptian armed forces success; Anwar ...