General Staff Headquarters (Arab Union)

The General Staff Headquarters (GSH; Arabic: مقر هيئة الاركان العامة maqar hay’at al-arkān al-‘āmah) is the supreme commanding body of the Union Defence Forces (UDF), the conventional armed forces of the Union of Arab Republics. It is based at the Mount of Olives Citadel in East Jerusalem, Palestine. It is the second most important executive building of the military apparatus, after the National Defence Hall, headquarters of the Ministry of Defence on Victory Square in Nasser City.