On April 30, the Taliban announced the launch of their 2011 military offensive, Operation Badr, in which the insurgent movement seeks to “attack foreign troops, members of their spy networks, ...

Once the assault was set for October 6, falling in Ramadan, “Operation Badr named itself.” This 17th of Ramadan marks 1,400 years since the battle of Badr (624), the ...

On the 10th of Ramadan (October 6), Egypt and Syria launched Operation Badr against Israeli forces in the Sinai and the Golan Heights. The H-Hour [the hour of attack] began 14:05 with a vigorous ...

In a surprise offensive, code-named Operation Badr, after the Prophet Muhammad’s first military victory in the seventh century, Syria and Egypt had invaded Israel on two opposite fronts.

September 24, 2010: Egypt's "Badr 2010" exercises concluded earlier this year. The "Badr" exercises are the Egyptian Army's annual drills that have been held for decades. They date back to the 1973 ...

In October 1973 – 50 years before the events of October 7, 2023 – war broke out in the Middle East. The Egyptian army launched Operation Badr, crossing the Suez Canal and capturing the Bar Lev ...