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The five-day drill unfolded in the Eastern Mediterranean, which showcased strength and cooperation between the region’s two largest armies.
For the first time in 13 years, Turkey and Egypt are holding a joint naval exercise, a sign of warming defense ties, which is dubbed as “Friendship of the Sea 2025.” The five-day drill unfolded in the Eastern Mediterranean, which showcased strength and cooperation between the region’s two largest armies.
The exercise features many military equipment including frigates, submarines, unmanned naval vehicles, helicopters, and F-16 fighter jets, from both countries’ naval and air forces. It includes joint operational planning, surface and anti-submarine warfare, and advanced search and rescue training.
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Egypt’s military confirmed its forces arrived in Turkey, calling the drills a step to “strengthen military cooperation” with a “brotherly and friendly” nation. Once tense after the 2013 ousting of Egyptian President Morsi, a key Erdogan ally, relations are now on a new path.
