US greenlights military assistance to Egypt, overruling rights concerns Biden administration approves $1.3bn in military aid for Egypt, despite reports that rights abuses remain widespread.

Of the $1.3 billion in U.S. foreign military financing allocated to Egypt, $320 million is subject to conditions that have meant at least some of that sum has been withheld in recent years.

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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 ...