Al-Monitor | Bryant Harris: Although Congress has yet to coalesce around a path out of the monthlong government shutdown, it has at least reached a consensus on a Middle East aid package for 2019.
The compromise contains good news for several US allies namely Egypt, Morocco and Turkey as it undoes significant setbacks they faced when the House ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate panel approved a bill Wednesday that would allow the United States to resume its full $1.6 billion aid relationship with Egypt by granting President Barack Obama the power to waive a federal law based on national security. Wider congressional support for the measure is unclear.
The legislation passed by the Senate Foreign ...
Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said in an interview Tuesday it would be a mistake if the United States cut off military aid but insisted Cairo could survive without it.
A possible move by Washington to stop US weapons deliveries and other assistance to Egypt "will be a bad sign and will badly affect the military for some time," Beblawi ...
In an unprecedented comment this weekend, Saudi Arabia'sKing Abdullah blamedAmerican "ignorance" for the crisis in Egypt. Without mentioning America by name, the king blamed Washington's "interference" in Arab politics for the last two years of turmoil.
In a scathing statement, the king urged Muslims to stand behind the Egyptian Army in fighting ...
The Obama administration has secretly suspended military aid to Egypt, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.
A spokesman for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the head of the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, told The Daily Beast that the Obama administration has decided to withhold aid from Egypt.
Leahys "understanding is that ...
Sen. Rand Paul: Aid more likely to 'buy a chateau in Paris' for an Egyptian military leader than 'bread in Cairo' for the poor.
Republican lawmakers are split over whether the U.S. shouldcut off aidtoEgyptamid spiraling violence.
Sen.John McCainof Arizona renewed his call Sunday to curtail aid as the Egyptian military continues to crack down on ...
Another 80 people died in violence in Egypt on Friday, as Muslim Brotherhood crowds protested the military crackdown on their sit-ins that cost hundreds of lives this week. Some of the violence resulted from police heavy-handedness, some from an armed Brotherhood attack on a police station.
The continued unrest upped the pressure on the Obama administration ...
US President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Egypts interim president Adli Mansour, reaffirming Washington's commitment to giving a second chance" to put countrys post-uprising transition back on track.
According to a statement released by Egypts presidency on Saturday, Obama said in his letter that the US will remain a strong partner to the Egyptian ...
Press TV has talked with Stephen Lendman, an author and radio host from Chicago, to shed more light on the ongoing power crisis in Egypt.
What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.
Press TV:Mr. Lendman, Iran is saying that foreign agenda could be involved in this and that there are forces in the region or outside of the region ...
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