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Egypt Latest News

U.S. FY 2023 appropriations bill released, with more conditions on military aid to Egypt

December 24, 2022 MEO Staff

The American FY 2023 appropriations bill has been released, with more conditions placed on the military aid for Egypt, as the Congress has again strengthened the aid conditions. The U. S. Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt: What is behind the country’s economic slide? – FP

November 5, 2022 MEO Staff

While world leaders are heading to Sharm El-Sheikh to attend the UN COP27, “Cairo is turning to the IMF as its economy falters”, states FP in a report. “Egypt’s currency hit record lows against the [ More … ]

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Amid Egypt’s financial woes, will Sisi restrict the army’s dominant role in economy?

November 3, 2022 MEO Staff

The global crises, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian war on Ukraine have magnified the fragility of the country’s state-driven economic model and forced it to take out new multilateral loans “When Egypt was [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

U.S. blocks additional $75 million in U.S. military aid to Egypt over rights concerns

October 17, 2022 MEO Staff

Egypt has missed out on an additional $75 million in American military aid after a senior Democratic U.S. senator blocked the funding over concerns about Cairo’s human rights record including holding political prisoners, reported Reuters. [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

US withholds $130m military aid to Egypt over its rights record, Watchdog says not enough

September 17, 2022 MEO Staff

The Biden administration has decided to withhold $130 million of foreign military aid to Egypt over its failure to fulfil human rights conditions, US officials said Wednesday. However, Human Rights Watch said the decision does [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Sisi that phoned Putin to boost “strategic partnership” still receives $1.3-bln. US aid

March 10, 2022 MEO Staff

Instead of decrying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sisi phones Putin on “strategic partnership”. Meanwhile, the United States will again provide $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt—the same amount Congress has appropriated since 1987. As [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt: Sisi transfers ownership of 37 islands to be a military property

January 27, 2022 MEO Staff

Sisi has recently allocated 36 Nile islands and one marine island to the Egyptian armed forces Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed a decree handing over ownership of 37 islands to the military, overriding a [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt “killed civilians” with secret French military support, report

November 24, 2021 MEO Staff

Investigative website reveals that the French forces sent to support their Egyptian counterparts have been involved in at least 19 airstrikes against civilians in Egypt between 2016 and 2018. Disclose, an investigative website published a [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Amnesty: US should restrict military aid to Egypt or risk complicity in rights abuses

August 25, 2021 MEO Staff

Amnesty International has said that waiving restrictions on US military assistance to Egypt risks America becoming complicit in human rights abuses. The statement made by the advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egyptian army maintains control over the country’s economy: Bloomberg

December 27, 2020 MEO Staff

Despite plans to sell shares in some firms, the military will retain control of much of the economy. Anyway, “Egypt’s military companies aren’t going anywhere” according to a Bloomberg column. After several years of aggressive [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

How the military razed and erased Cairo’s tombs and history together

August 2, 2020 MEO Staff

Egyptian authorities said they were building a flyover through the capital’s sacred necropolis, while they were exhuming graves and erasing history in the process, a report by MEE says Cairo’s vast necropolis is a sacred [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

To shield Sisi, Egypt parliament approves law restricting military from running for office

July 10, 2020 MEO Staff

The amendments require current and former officers to seek the approval of top military council before running for election Egypt’s parliament has approved amendments to a law that would restrict current and former members of [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Stratfor: Austerity will force Saudi Arabia to revise its military priorities

June 9, 2020 MEO Staff

Stratfor: Austerity will force Saudi Arabia to revise its military priorities Stratfor: Austerity will force Saudi Arabia to revise its military priorities [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Bloomberg: Egypt’s Military Undermines Its Economic Revival

November 21, 2019 MEO Staff

An expanding network of enterprises owned by the armed forces blocks much-needed reforms, says Timothy Kaldas in a recent report published in Bloomberg. “As Egypt marks the third anniversary of its bailout by the International [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Facebook Blocks Videos of Egyptian Businessman and Actor Accusing Sisi, His Wife and Military Leaders of Corruption

September 4, 2019 MEO Staff

Facebook deleted videos uploaded by an Egyptian actor and businessman on his Facebook page revealing that Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, his wife, and some military leaders have wasted billions of Egyptian pounds. Egyptian actor and [ More … ]

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Egypt: Sisi is wasting billions of dollars while Egyptians are starving, Israeli newspaper

Egypt Latest News
March 25, 2023

Egypt: Amid financial crisis, IMF prepares 1st. review, World Bank approves $7bln to the country

Egypt Latest News
March 24, 2023

Egypt: Rights Watchdog calls for reintegration of released political prisoners

Egypt Latest News
March 23, 2023

Egypt: The army pressured to loosen its grip on economy, WSJ

Egypt Latest News
March 22, 2023

Egypt: Amid rising abuses in current prisons, interior ministry to operate 3 new ones

Egypt Latest News
March 21, 2023
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