Egypt’s vast new command complex has drawn Israeli scrutiny, but security coordination, Gaza border interests, and the 1979 peace treaty still give both countries strong reasons to avoid a rupture.

The Octagon near Cairo has replaced the Pentagon, the US Defence Department’s HQ, as the world’s largest defence ministry building.

International News: Egypt’s newly-inaugurated State Strategic Command headquarters, popular as “Octagon” for its octagon shape, spanning roughly 22,000 acres, has replace.

Egypt has unveiled its colossal State Strategic Command Headquarters, dubbed 'The Octagon,' a sprawling military complex dwarfing the Pentagon in size. Inaugurated by President El…

Egypt unveiled a sprawling defense headquarters called the "Octagon" in the middle of the desert, the largest in the world.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the strategic command represented a “significant leap” in Egypt’s command and control and operations management systems.

Egypt’s vast new command complex has drawn Israeli scrutiny, but security coordination, Gaza border interests, and the 1979 peace treaty still give both countries strong reasons…

Turkey’s neo-Ottoman project has already delivered the warning. America cannot afford to pay twice for the same strategic blindness.

Sources familiar with the details said the meetings were part of a “strategic dialogue” focusing on the two countries' common interests in the region.