On the ground at Turkey’s EFES 2026 multinational military exercise

Breaking Defense Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou recently returned from Turkey’s EFES 2026 multinational exercise, which for the first time included participants from Syria and Egypt, along with a host of returning partner forces.

In this edition of the Middle East Defense Digest, Helou shares footage from the day and nighttime drills and describes some new developments and products from an increasingly diversifying Turkish defense industry.

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