Cairo will receive its full military aid allotment of $1.3 billion after the secretary of state also said it had made progress on releasing political prisoners and protecting Americans.

Egypt has received more than $87bn in US foreign aid since 1946, though military and economic assistance increased significantly after Egypt signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1979.

Of the $1.3 billion in U.S. foreign military financing allocated to Egypt, $320 million is subject to conditions that have meant at least some of that sum has been withheld in recent years.

Recently, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the suspension of most foreign aid but exempted both Israel and Egypt from military aid as important allies.

US greenlights military assistance to Egypt, overruling rights concerns Biden administration approves $1.3bn in military aid for Egypt, despite reports that rights abuses remain widespread.

The US government will release the full allocation of $1.3bn in military aid to Egypt for the first time under the Biden administration, according to a State Department spokesperson.

Not restricting military aid to Egypt is essential to supporting regional stability, the state department explained. A spokesperson for the US State Department explained that, “The US will provide ...

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