After US cuts military aid to Cairo, Washington faces possibility that Egypt will turn to a rival country for aid: "Any inch Obama loses, another power will gain and we will not mind," Egyptian official says. A US decision to curtail military and economic aid to Egypt to promote democracy may ultimately backfire,
The United States on Wednesday confirmed it was halting the delivery of Apache helicopters, as well as Harpoon missiles and tank parts to Egypt's military leaders. Washington's review of deliveries of military aid, which includes parts for M1/A1 tanks, was not meant to be permanent, however, U.S. officials stressed, saying only that the
The Obama administration will cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Egypt to register displeasure over the military's pace of restoring democracy following the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, reports USA Today. The U.S. provides $1.5 billion in annual aid to Egypt, but the State Department did not provide a dollar amount
Hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood chanted “Down with the military government” outside Cairo University on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi had urged university students to protest against the army following the violence on Sunday, one of Egypt's bloodiest days since the military ousted the Islamist leader on July
The White House on Wednesday denied reports that military aid to Egypt would be cut, following U.S. media speculations over the matter. “The reports that we are halting all military assistance to Egypt are false,” National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said. “We will announce the future of our assistance relationship with
Gulf countries could seek to bar entry to all homosexual tourists and expats, a senior Kuwaiti government official claimed, adding that medical tests could be introduced to detect such individuals. Speaking to an Arabic language newspaper, Al Rai, Yousuf Mindkar, the director of public health at Kuwait’s Ministry of Health, said that a central
In an interview with a Turkish newspaper on Monday, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a jab at Bashar Assad, saying the Syrian president is a terrorist and no longer a political figure. “I don’t regard Bashar al-Assad as a politician any more. Assad is a terrorist who uses state terror," Erdogan told
Phyllis Chesler took a break from writing opeds for Arutz Sheva to write this book, just published and a must read. I would have loved to have been part of the packed audience at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on the night of October 1st, when Professor Phyllis Chesler talked about her newly
The United States will cut off aid to Egypt in the wake of the July coup against President Mohammed Morsi and the turmoil that has followed, a U.S. official told CNN on Tuesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the full suspension has been prompted by an "accumulation of events," including recent
Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll are announcing their departure from the English Defence League. This move has come after many months of deliberation and many years of constant efforts by Robinson and Carroll to prevent the EDL from being infiltrated and co-opted by racists, anti-Semites, fascists, neo-Nazis, and far-right elements. Increasingly, Robinson's time has
