Despite its dire human rights record and its serious economic situation, the Biden administration has approved a potential sale of anti-tank missiles and other equipment to Egypt. The U.S. administration on Thursday informed Congress that [ More … ]
France is selling another 30 Rafale fighter jets to Egypt in a deal condemned last Tuesday by rights advocates, including the French wife of a jailed activist. The deal, confirmed separately by both countries, will [ More … ]
US Senator Bob Menendez says Trump administration is currently trying to sell thousands of precision-guided bombs to Riyadh Top Senate Democrat Bob Menendez has warned that Mike Pompeo has been pursuing another arms deal with [ More … ]
Nubians continued their sit-in on the Abu Simbel-Aswan highway in Aswan governorate. According to al-Ahram, a state-owned newspaper,” Not less than 150 Egyptian Nubians continued their sit-in for the second consecutive day on the Abu Simbel-Aswan [ More … ]
A bipartisan group of Senators is moving to block the $1.15 billion sale of US tanks to Saudi Arabia, citing concerns over human rights and the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Riyadh has requested new tanks [ More … ]
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