Sidi Barrani (Arabic: سيدي برانيpronounced[ˈsiːdibɑɾˈɾɑːni]) is a town in Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea, about
95 km (59 mi) east of the Egypt–Libya border, and around 240 km (150 mi) from Tobruk, Libya.
Named after Sidi es-Saadi el Barrani, a Senussi sheikh who was a head of its Zawiya,[2] the village is mainly a Bedouin community. It has food, gasoline outlets and one small hotel, but virtually no tourist activity or visited historical curiosities. It is the site of an Egyptian Air Force base.[3]
^ abc"Sīdī Barrānī (Kism (urban and rural parts), Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^Souar men Beladi magazine, no. 2, Souar men tharikh at Tariqa as Sanusiya, Maktab as Seraj li Di'aya wal I'lan, p. 39.
^"US says Russia has deployed forces to Egypt air base". Middle East online. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
SidiBarrani (Arabic: سيدي براني pronounced [ˈsiːdibɑɾˈɾɑːni]) is a town in Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea, about 95 km (59 mi) east of the Egypt–Libya...
The Battle of SidiBarrani (10–11 December 1940) was the opening battle of Operation Compass, the first big British attack of the Western Desert Campaign...
delays, the scope of the offensive was reduced to an advance as far as SidiBarrani and the engagement of any British forces in the area. The 10th Army advanced...
was no water at Sollum or for another 50 mi (80 km) east of Sollum to SidiBarrani, along a very poor road. An invader would have to move through a waterless...
posts around SidiBarrani in Egypt and in Cyrenaica. The WDF swiftly defeated the Italians in their fortified posts and at SidiBarrani, then exploited...
to 16 September 1940, the Italian 10th Army had reached the port of SidiBarrani and dug in to await the completion of the Via della Vittoria, an extension...
torpedo-bombers of 813 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, flew from SidiBarrani in western Egypt, to attack the ships in Tobruk harbour. The Swordfish...
counter-offensive into Egypt and the capture of SidiBarrani in September. The British recaptured SidiBarrani in December during Operation Compass. The Italian...
100 tanks. On 23 November, the 5th South African Brigade was destroyed at Sidi Rezegh but caused many German tank casualties. On 24 November Rommel ordered...
della Vittoria was a military road between Bardia in Italian Libya and SidiBarrani in western Egypt. The "Via della Vittoria" (Victory Road), was built...
the road west of Galal. Rommel intended to fight a delaying action at SidiBarrani, 80 mi (130 km) west of Matruh, to gain time for Axis troops to get through...
fortified posts around SidiBarrani and further west, over the border in Cyrenaica. The 10th Army was swiftly defeated, SidiBarrani and Sollum were re-captured...
an Italian force advanced across the frontier into Egypt, reaching SidiBarrani on 16 September, where the advance was halted until logistical difficulties...
Sherbin Sheikh Zuweid Shibin El Qanater Shibin El Kom Shubra El Kheima SidiBarraniSidi Salem Sinnuris Sodfa Sohag Suez Sumusta Tahta Tala Talkha Tamiya Tanta...
the war but after being routed at the Attack on Nibeiwa, the Battle of SidiBarrani and the Battle of Bardia the Italian 10th Army had lost eight of its...
was sent from Matruh and on 8 March the aircraft flew to SidiBarrani to search from SidiBarrani to Sollum. The WFF had gained a base 90 mi (140 km) further...
established headquarters well to the rear, at SidiBarrani and Maaten Baggush. Beresford-Peirse chose SidiBarrani as, even though it was more than a five-hour...
Egypt from Libya 16 September: Italian forces establish front east of SidiBarrani 9 December: British and Indian forces launch Operation Compass with the...
Force (Brigadier William Gott), on the frontier from Halfaya Pass to SidiBarrani, conducted a delaying-action around Sollum and Capuzzo. From 11–12 April...
Italy sought to control the Suez Canal but halted their advance at SidiBarrani, waiting for engineers to build a road, and further supplies. A British...
participated in Operazione E, the Italian invasion of Egypt in 1940 and reached SidiBarrani on 16 September. The group was destroyed at the Nibeiwa camp on 9 December...
the 5th Panzer Army through the U.S. communications and supply center of Sidi Bou Zid. Rommel's forces, 60 miles (97 km) to the south-west, would conduct...
spread out from the Tunisian border in western Libya to SidiBarrani in Egypt. At SidiBarrani, Graziani, unaware of the British lack of numerical strength...
Action of Agagia (also Agagiya, Aqqaqia or Aqaqia) took place east of SidiBarrani in Egypt on 26 February 1916, during the Senussi Campaign between German...