US allows most of Egypt military aid amid human rights abuse ...Kuwait

The Biden administration has allowed much of U.S. foreign military aid to Egypt to go ahead, saying the country was vital for U.S. national security interests despite what critics have said about widespread human rights abuses. Washington has only withheld $85 million of the aid, which under U.S. law was contingent on Egypt making "clear and consistent progress" in releasing political prisoners, which the United States said Cairo did not fulfill. That amount withheld is a fraction of the $1.3 billion a year allocated for Egypt. The United States has long provided Egypt with large amounts of military and other aid, ever since the Arab world's most populous nation signe

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