A
bipartisan group of Senate Armed Services Committee members sent a letter to
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday requesting that the Pentagon send
Iron Dome batteries to Israel as the country faces near-constant rocket fire
from Hamas terrorists.
Oct 9,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A senior US defense official said Monday that military posture increases in
the Middle East were intended to serve as a deterrent signal to Iran, Lebanon’s
Hezbollah and any other proxy in the region following the Hamas attack
likened to “ISIS-level savagery.”
The US government has included Egypt in its Human Trafficking Report for employing child soldiers, particularly in the North Sinai region.
Sept 19, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The US government has for the first time included Egypt in its list of countries employing child soldiers, focusing primarily on the North Sinai region where Egypt has been battling an insurgency for about a decade.
Sept 16,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The Biden administration has allowed much of US foreign military aid to
Egypt to go ahead, saying the country was vital for US national security
interests, despite what critics have said about widespread human rights
abuses, Reuters reports.