US Grants Egypt $1.3 Billion in Military Aid, Overriding Rights Conditions By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is overriding human rights conditions on military aid to ...
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 ...
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, 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.
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 ...
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Egypt said it sent military aid to Somalia, the latest show of support for the Horn of Africa nation that’s embroiled in a feud with neighboring Ethiopia over a breakaway territory. A shipment ...
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 allocation of $1.3 ...