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 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.

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 ...

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.

By Michael Crowley Reporting from Washington For the first time under the Biden administration, the United States will send Egypt its full allotment of $1.3 billion in annual military aid ...

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 ...

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 ...