US-Egypt ties were strained under the Obama administration, which suspended American military aid to Egypt following the 2013 ouster of former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, before releasing ...
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. The decision ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is overriding human rights conditions on military aid to Egypt, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, granting the U.S. ally its full ...
The Biden administration’s approval this week of a $1.3 billion military aid package for Egypt despite its failure to hit human rights benchmarks has been criticized by rights experts.
Egypt, an important US ally in the Middle East ... An estimated $95m in military aid was tied to the prisoners’ release, and a further $225m was also subject to human rights scrutiny.
The US State Department said Thursday it was unconditionally releasing $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt, at a time when Cairo and Washington have been working closely on a Gaza ceasefire deal.
Egypt has long been the second-highest recipient of US military aid after Israel. The administration notified Congress of the move on Wednesday, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken invoked ...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a fool of the United States — and the Biden-Harris administration rewarded him for his ridicule. Last Sunday, the National Interest reported that ...
US is providing more military aid to Israel than it did during 1973 war and billions have been spent against Houthis ...
The US State Department said Thursday it was unconditionally releasing $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt, at a time when Cairo and Washington have been working closely on a Gaza ceasefire deal.