Sisi lays wreath of flowers at Unknown Soldier Memorial

CAIRO – 4 October 2018: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi laid a wreath of flowers at the Unknown Soldier Memorial in Cairo's Nasr City district on Thursday, in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of October 6 War.



Sisi and Defense Ministry officials head to lay a wreath of flowers on the Unknown Soldier Memorial in Nasr City on October 4, 2018- Press photo

Egypt celebrates its victory against the Israeli troops, which had captured the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. On October 6, 1973 at 2 p.m. (Cairo time) the Egyptian forces launched the six-day war against the Israeli troops; meanwhile, the Syrian troops waged the war against the Israeli troops near the Golan Heights.



Sisi and Defense Ministry officials head to lay a wreath of flowers on the Unknown Soldier Memorial in Nasr City on October 4, 2018- Press photo

In 2017, Sisi mandated Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhi to lay a wreath at the Unknown Soldier Memorial, the same place where late President Anwar al-Sadat was assassinated by a group of Islamists in 1981.