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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
When the top US military commander in the Middle East, General Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, visited Egypt two days ago, he had two main messages. The first was that the Biden administration’s decision to withhold $130 million from the annual $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt over human rights abuses does not affect the strategic ties between the two countries. His second message was that this relationship will be affected if Egypt carried out large arms sales with Russia. This visit took place in the wake of the widely criticised announcement of a $2.5 billion arms sale …