Ministry of Defence Headquarters (Arab Union)

The Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Arabic: مقر وزارة الدفاع maqarr wuzārat ad-difāʿ), informally known as the Abode of Peace (مسكن السلام muskan as-salām), is a secure military site located across the roundabout to the immediate west of Victory Square, Nasseria, at the official address of 9 Victory Square. A fortified compound, it contains a primary administrative building with 11 above ground and three underground stories with its main entrance facing a smaller roundabout just inside the entrance through the walls off the square, which is securely gated and guarded by the Republican Guard.

As the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, it serves by extension as the General Staff of the combined Union Defence Forces, with each of the three main environmental forces (the Arab Army, Arab Navy and Arab Air Force) each having their own separate headquarters locations for their own General Staff. The main building is attached to an operational building to its southwest, which combined have four helipads, and also consists of several other structures within the complex, including sophisticated communications equipment, fuel and water tanks, and a small backup armoury. The only entrance/exit to the compound is via the guardhouse off Victory Square, although there is rumoured to be an underground connection between the headquarters, Shams Palace to the west, and Jannat as-Sanjak Armoury to the north.