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The Biden administration said Friday it is cancelling $130 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns. The announcement comes just days after the administration approved a massive ...
The 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat or the Counter-revolution [9] [10] is an event that took place on 3 July 2013. Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to remove the democratically elected President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution of 2012. [11]
Military assistance to Egypt to the tune of $235 million is in flux after the shakeup of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairmanship, with a decision expected within 24 hours. Sen.
In fact, the military had always dominated Egypt's politics since the establishment of the first republic in 1952. [7] With the installation of President el-Sisi, who removed Morsi in a military coup, the military's political and economic grip on the state has been fully consolidated in what has been called "a counterrevolutionary regime".
3 military and security personnel killed [2] On the morning of 8 July 2013 at the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo , Egypt there was a clash between protesters seeking the return of deposed President Mohamed Morsi , and the military, who were protecting the institution.
Egypt delivered its first military aid to Somalia in more than four decades on Tuesday, three diplomatic and Somali government sources said, a move likely to deepen strains between the two ...
Al Jazeera featured an article entitled "The Egyptian coup and the lessons of Turkey" with the sub-heading that military was backtracking on the democracy that Egyptians had fought for. [142] International commentators asked if this could lead Egypt into a civil war or even make the country a failed state . [ 143 ]
Protests against the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état erupted in July 2013. [6] [7] [8] Immediately following the removal of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian Armed Forces on 3 July 2013 amid demonstrations against Morsi's rule, many protesters amassed near the Rabia Al-Adawiya Mosque to call for Morsi's return to power and condemn the military, while others demonstrated in support of the ...