Conflict & Security
Al-Azhar's grand imam mourns two Egyptian border guard officers killed on duty
November 6, 2026 at 04:54 PM
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(opens the publisher’s site)Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, has mourned two Egyptian border guard officers killed while performing their national duty.
- Al-Azhar identified the two as Colonel Ahmed Samir, chief of staff of the southern region's border guards, and Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Jouda.
- Al-Azhar said Jouda served as operations chief of a border guard battalion in the southern military region.
- Al-Tayeb offered condolences to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Egyptian armed forces, the two officers' families and the Egyptian people.
- The Egyptian army said the two officers were killed during an operation against illegal gold mining near the southern border, in a clash with criminal elements.