Egipto inaugura base naval no Mediterrâneo infographic
A infografia mostra as bases mlitares egípcias recentemente construídas.
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Egipto inaugura base naval junto da fronteira líbia

July 5, 2021 - O Presidente Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurou uma ampla base naval no
mar Mediterrâneo, perto da fronteira líbia, no último exemplo de reforço militar do Egipto.

The July 3 base is located in the Gargoub area, around 255km west of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.

The base is named after the day in 2013 when al-Sisi, as a defence minister, led the military’s overthrow of an elected Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, amid nationwide protests against his divisive rule.

Egypt has in recent years modernised its military, purchasing sophisticated weapons and opening bases across the nation.

In 2017, Egypt opened a military base in the country’s northwestern province of Marsa Matrouh. It said the base, named after late President Mohammed Naguib, an Egyptian army officer who became the country’s first president in 1950s, is the largest in the Middle East.

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PUBLISHED: 05/07/2021; STORY: Graphic News
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