On Monday, Egypt's judiciary released the names of 44 people indicted in the ongoing investigation into foreign funding of nongovernmental organizations operating in Egypt. The list included 19 American employees of U.S.-funded NGOs raided by Egyptian police late last ...

Senators Carl Levin and John McCain, leaders of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, told Foreign Policy Tuesday that withholding military aid to Egypt was now a real possibility due to the Egyptian military's role in the late-December raids ...

On Tuesday, the Washington Post editorial board argued that the U.S. government must be prepared to withhold promised military aid to Egypt should the Egyptian government refuse to back off its investigation into U.S.-funded nongovernmental organizations operating in ...

Earlier today, the U.S. Embassy in Egypt confirmed that it was sheltering a “handful” of American citizens who were barred from leaving Egypt last week. The unidentified Americans are employees of U.S.-funded nongovernmental organizations raided by Egyptian police late last year ...

Despite the delay in a $53 million arms sale due to strong opposition from members of Congress, President Barack Obama's administration has decided to move forward with a sale of other military arms and services to ...

Yesterday, Human Rights First released its report on the human rights situation during Egypt's post-revolution transition, titled "Egypt’s Transition to Democracy One Year On: Recommendations for U.S. Policy". While touching on concerns that Islamist domination of the parliament ...

This weekend, the son of Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and at least five other American employees of nongovernmental organizations in Egypt were barred from leaving the country. The Americans were from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and ...

In a speech on state television today, the leader of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced plans to end the nation's 30-year-old state of emergency on January 25, the one-year anniversary of Egypt's revolution. The ...

Eleven U.S. senators co-signed a bipartisan letter to Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), criticizing the raids on the offices of over a dozen nongovernmental organizations by Egyptian ...

The offices of a number of NGOs which promote democracy and human rights in Egypt - including several domestic groups and the American organizations Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute - were raided yesterday ...

Congressman John Olver (D-MA) has joined fifteen other cosponsors by signing on to H.J. Res. 80, which calls for “limiting the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and defense services to ...

The recently-passed omnibus package for Fiscal Year 2012 includes the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. For Morocco, foreign military financing will not be appropriated until a report is submitted about steps being taken to ensure various freedoms in ...

According to Reuters, Representative David Dreier (R-CA) encouraged the Obama Administration to pursue trade talks with Egypt to assist during its democratic transition. A free trade agreement could help rival groups within Egypt agree on a common vision ...

On Saturday, U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, ruling military leaders, and the prime minister in Egypt. The Brotherhood released a statement noting three top officials met with Kerry and U.S. Ambassador ...