Tag:foreign aid

Administration should use its leverage to get Egypt to improve its human rights record

By Brian Dooley - The Hill - Last August, the State Department withheld $195 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) from Egypt. Rex Tillerson, then Secretary of State, said...

Egypt’s human rights move dismissed as ploy to win back US aid

By WorldWatch MonitorEfforts by the Egyptian government to improve its record on human rights are aimed primarily at persuading the US government to reinstate...

Reaction of the Egyptian Media to the Newly Introduced House Resolution 673 and Coptic Solidarity’s Testimony before TLHRC

By George Gurguis - President, Coptic SolidarityOpinions expressed in this article are exclusively those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions...

Sisi’s Public Relations Campaign Targets American Evangelical Leaders

By Coptic Solidarity -On November 1, a group of American Evangelical leaders made history by becoming the first such delegation to meet with Egyptian...

Egyptian Parliamentary Delegation Visits Washington

By POMEDA delegation of Egyptian parliamentarians, headed by speaker of the house Ali Abdel-Aal, is visiting Washington this week. Tarek Radwan, head of Parliament’s Foreign...

Senate Bill Seeks to Reduce, Condition Egypt Aid

POMEDAfter the Senate Appropriations Committee markup on September 7, the committee released the text of its Fiscal Year 2018 State and Foreign Operations appropriations...

Senate panel slashes military aid to Egypt

By Bryant Harris - Al MonitorThe Senate’s foreign aid spending panel voted today to slash military assistance to Egypt by $300 million amid growing...

Sisi and Trump’s Good Relations Don’t Define US Policy

By Hatem Maher - MENASource - The Atlantic -When President Donald Trump won the US presidential election late last year, Egyptian media coverage praising...