Northern Military Region (Egypt)

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The Northern Military Region is one of the five military regions of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is headquartered in Alexandria. It may include the Alexandria, Beheira, Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate and Gharbia Governorates.

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, now president, and Mohammed Majid Faraj. Major General Khaled Shawqi is the Current commander.^[1]