While Senior Senate Democrat Ben Cardin threatened to block military aid to Egypt on human rights grounds, top House Democrat on foreign affairs Gregory Meeks requested Biden pause aid to the north African populous nation. [ More … ]
The federal corruption indictment against the New Jersey Democrat comes just over a week after the Biden administration said it would release restricted military aid to Egypt. US military assistance to Egypt is facing increased [ More … ]
U.S. Senate has passed the FY 2024 appropriations act, which would increase human rights conditions on military aid to Egypt, amid its ongoing rights crisis The U.S. Senate appropriators a week ago passed the Fiscal [ More … ]
Egypt’s annual military assistance is a test of the US administration’s ability to balance human rights considerations with the American strategic interests. Meanwhile, the Sisi regime is keen to expedite the national dialogue, in attempt [ More … ]
Head of U.S. Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie has announced that the $130 million in military aid that the US administration has recently decided to reprogram away from Egypt is very small. General Kenneth F. [ More … ]
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed off on the release of $US 1.2 billion in foreign military financing to Egypt as reported by Associated Press. A statement by US State Department announced that Pompeo [ More … ]
Arab media reported that Egypt and Russia are on the verge of signing a military cooperation agreement that would allow each side to use the other’s airspace and air bases for a period of five [ More … ]
After a meeting in Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump praised Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt again during his first overseas trip, saying “safety seems to be very strong” and accepted the invitation to visit Cairo. Trump claimed [ More … ]
Egypt’s Defense Minister Sedky Sobhy met on Wednesday in Cairo with U.S. Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force General Joseph L. Lengyel and his accompanying delegation, where they discussed several issues of mutual [ More … ]
News that Al-Sisi is employing local militia to offer assistance to the Egyptian security forces in their war against ISIS, shows how desperate al-Sisi’s war against ISIS has become, said the Independent in a report. This, [ More … ]
Sources in Washington predicted that the US administration would reduce its economic aid to Egypt by half, registering $75 million instead of $150 million annually, while US military aid will stay at the same level, [ More … ]
Although Egypt’s military dictator Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was warmly welcomed by U.S. President Donald Trump early this month, however, experts in Washington think over the matter in a different way. During his meeting with al-Sisi in [ More … ]
US and Egyptian navies have commenced their latest joint exercise, “Eagle Salute 2017”, in the regional waters of the Red Sea, said the Egyptian military in a statement. The naval exercise is part of the [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch urged suspension of military aid to Egypt after video leaked by an opposition channel that showed troops appearing to carry out cold-blooded executions of as many as eight detainees in the northern Sinai [ More … ]
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he was optimistic about improving military ties with Egypt after talks with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, following a period of tension under the Obama administration. The Pentagon stated [ More … ]
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