The Northern Military Region is one of the five military regions of the

Egyptian Armed Forces The Egyptian Armed Forces ( arz, القُوّات المُسَلَّحَة المِصْرِيَّة, alquwwat almusalahat almisria) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt. They consist of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy, Egyptia ...

. It is headquartered in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

. It may include the Alexandria,

Beheira Beheira Governorate ( ar, محافظة البحيرة ', , "the governorate of the Lake") is a coastal governorate in Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, its capital is Damanhur. Overview Beheira Governorate en ...

Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate Kafr El Sheikh Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. It lies in the northern part of the country, along the western branch of the Nile in the Nile Delta. Its capital is the city of Kafr El Sheikh. Kafr El Sheikh is the first nationwid ...

and

Gharbia Governorate Gharbia Governorate ( ar, محافظة الغربية ', ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the north of the country, south of Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, and north of Monufia Governorate. Its capital is Tanta, which is 90 ...

s. The current structure of the Northern Military Region: * 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division ** 222nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade ** 110th Mechanized Infantry Brigade ** 199th Armored Brigade ** 192nd Med. Range Artillery Brigade * 76th Independent Armored Brigade * One Independent medium range Artillery Brigade Among previous region commanders were Staff Brigadiers

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...

, now president, and Mohammed Majid Faraj. Major General Khaled Shawqi is the Current commander.

Gulf War Participation

During the Gulf War, the 3rd Mechanized Division was part of the corps sized Egyptian forces where it served as part of the Arab forces during the liberation of Kuwait alongside the 4th Armoured Division.

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