Egyptian stars Amr Youssef and Asser Yassin's TV series "The 101 Battalion" is one of the highly-anticipated works set to screen in the Ramadan 2023 drama marathon.
The series consists of 20 episodes depicting the heroics of Battalion 101 and how they confronted the takfiri elements in Sinai.
The cast also includes Fathy Abdel Wahab, Khaled El Sawy, Ahmed Salah Hosny, Wafaa Amer, and others.
The series is scripted by Eyad Saleh, directed by Mohamed Salama, and produced by the Synergy production company.
"The 101 Battalion" is set to screen in the Ramadan 2023 drama marathon on the "ON" TV channel.
Youssef portrays Major Nour Salah Al-Azab in the upcoming series.
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Meanwhile, Yassin stars as martyr Khaled Mohamed Dabour, who was born on August 12, 1985, in Al-Al Mansheya Al Jadida, in El-Mahalla El-Kubra City, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt.
He joined the Military Academy in 2003 and graduated sixth in batch 99 in 2006.
Dabour served in thunderbolts and parachute divisions and joined the armed forces infantry upon graduation.
He served in several military locations, including the Air Force, and taught at the Infantry Institute. He rose to the rank of Major and was awarded the Medal of Military Excellence.
The last military position he served was in the Sheikh Zuweid area in North Sinai, where he was a commander in an army ambush in the Sinai Peninsula.
On April 23, 2016, the martyr battled a group of takfiri elements that attacked the ambush. He defended the post and obtained martyrdom in an explosion while he was scooping the area for any fleeing elements.
Dabour was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel after his martyrdom. El-Mahalla El-Kubra bid him farewell at a large military funeral and honored him by naming a secondary school after him.
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