🇪🇬🇹🇷 Egypt's president in Turkey as relations between two countries thaw

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi began an official visit to Turkey Wednesday for meetings with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

It is the first official visit to Turkey by an Egyptian president in 12 years and comes amid a warming of relations between the two regional powers. In February, Erdogan made his first visit to Egypt in more than a decade after the two countries agreed to mend ties and reappointed ambassadors.

Ties between Cairo and Ankara collapsed in 2013 after el-Sisi, who was then army chief, led the ouster of democratically elected Islamist President Mohamed Morsi amid mass protests against his divisive first year in power. Morsi was a top figure in the Muslim Brotherhood organisation which has long been backed by Turkey.

In this second summit between el-Sisi and Erdogan since they began mending relations, they will reportedly sign around 20 agreements.

#Egypt #Turkey

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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show messaging platform Discord is now restricted in #Turkey; the measure, implemented by regulator ICTA, follows heated debate over blackmail, doxxing, and bullying coordinated via the company's servers; Discord was also banned in Russia earlier today

#Iraq / #Turkey 🇮🇶🇹🇷: Turkish Forces captured a cache of weapons belonging to #PKK in #Kurdistan Reg Gov.

Very rare M72A6 LAW Anti-Tank Weapon, #USA-origin 🇺🇸 M136 AT4 anti-tank weapon, #Germany-made 🇩🇪 DM51 grenades, RPG-7 and #Bulgaria-made 🇧🇬 OGi-7MA projectiles seized.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1846595292197802339

#Syria / #Turkey 🇸🇾🇹🇷: 'Free Syrian Army' (#TFSA) carried out attacks against alleged Syrian Democratic Forces (#SDF) positions in #Aleppo.

TFSA militants seemingly used Turkish-made 122mm MKE-R122 HE artillery rockets with a range of 20 km.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1849578858120437769

#Syria 🇸🇾: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (#HTS) released new videos of their attacks against Syrian Army and #Hezbollah in #Aleppo.

Militants seemingly wearing Blue & Yellow 🔵🟡 bands for Identification (IFF).

Also #Turkey-made 🇹🇷 HAR-66 anti-tank weapons, BMP-1 IFV, locally-made 12.7mm Steyr HS .50 pattern sniper rifle, ZU-23-2 autocannon, RPG-7 Launchers with PG-7VT projectiles etc... were used by the HTS.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1861821048628584561

#Syria 🇸🇾: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (#HTS) militants released a new video from #Aleppo.

Some militants are carrying AK-74 rifle with Pulsar Apex XD50 Thermal Scope and RPG-7 Launcher with #Turkey-made 🇹🇷 PARS 660N Thermal Scope —which can be effective during night attacks.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1861847415407439930

#Syria 🇸🇾: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (#HTS) raided a Syrian Arab Army position and captured soldiers in West of #Aleppo.

HTS militants were seemingly armed with #Turkey-made 🇹🇷 HAR-66 anti-tank weapon, East German MPi-KMS-72 rifle, PKM machine guns and AKM rifles.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1861916749072859388

#Syria 🇸🇾: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (#HTS) raided a SYRIAN Army positions and killed several soldiers in West of #Aleppo.

Militants were armed with #Turkey-made 🇹🇷 HAR-66 anti-tank weapons, RPG-7 Launchers with PG-7VM & PG-7VL projectiles, PKM machine gun and AKM rifles.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1862169670222279053

#Syria / #Albania 🇸🇾🇦🇱: A new video posted by an Albanian militant of "Xhemati Alban" (part of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham) in the city of #Aleppo.

The militant is carrying a shortened AKS-74 (fake "AK-105") fitted with #Turkey-made 🇹🇷 DLG-099 handguards and craft-made silencer.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1862929551979848085

#Syria / #Turkey 🇸🇾🇹🇷: Syrian Democratic Forces (#SDF) reportedly destroyed a Turkish Aselsan SERHAT-DUAL Counter Mortar Radar near Tishrin Dam in #Aleppo.

The attack was seemingly carried out with a FPV Kamikaze Drone armed with a "PG-7VT" Tandem RPG warhead.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1869347898271367533

#Syria / #Turkey 🇸🇾🇹🇷: Syrian Democratic Forces (#SDF) reportedly shot down a Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UCAV over Qara Qawzak Bridge in #Aleppo.

Group seemingly used a possible #Iran-made 🇮🇷 '358' Loitering Surface-To-Air Missile to carry out the attack.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1869508237642330204

#Iraq / #Turkey 🇮🇶🇹🇷: #PKK carried out Drone Strikes against Turkish Armed Forces positions and vehicles in #Kurdistan Reg Gov (#KRG).

Militants used FPV Kamikaze Drones armed with"PG-7" HEAT & "PG-7VT" Tandem RPG warheads —drones seem to be likely obtained from #Syria 🇸🇾.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1869690322143617278

#Iraq / #Turkey 🇮🇶🇹🇷: Turkish Forces discovered a cache of weapons belonging to #PKK in #Kurdistan Regional Government (#KRG).

As a result a #USA-origin 🇺🇸 M136 AT4 anti-tank weapon (from Iraqi Army stocks), M72 / HAR-66 anti-tank weapons, M67 grenades, ammo etc... captured.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1879206330700898426

#Syria / #Ukraine 🇸🇾🇺🇦: Members of "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" (#HTS) watching combat footages of #Ukrainian Forces during #RussiaUkraineWar.

HTS members are seemingly armed with a couple of AK-74 rifles and a #Turkey-made 🇹🇷 Sarsılmaz SAR-308 assault rifle.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1879936389266972828

#Turkey / #Iraq 🇹🇷🇮🇶: #PKK militants raided Turkish Army position and killed unspecified number of officer(s) in #Zap, #Kurdistan Reg Gov.

Militants used #USA-made 🇺🇸 M4A1 rifle, AKS-74U carbines, Thermal scopes and #China-made 🇨🇳 Type 69 RPG Launcher with PG-7V rockets.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1894741267822592271

#Syria / #Turkey 🇸🇾🇹🇷: Turkish member of the Forces led by "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" (#HTS) posted new photo titled "Preparation for the Night" from #Latakia.

The photo shows the member using a Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifle with Pulsar Trail 2 LRF XP50 Thermal Scope & Range Finder.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1898147497845178847