{"id":641012,"date":"2017-09-11T03:50:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T03:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/11\/joint-us-egypt-bright-star-military-exercises-resume-after-eight-year-hiatus\/"},"modified":"2017-09-11T03:50:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T03:50:31","slug":"joint-us-egypt-bright-star-military-exercises-resume-after-eight-year-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/11\/joint-us-egypt-bright-star-military-exercises-resume-after-eight-year-hiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint US-Egypt Bright Star military exercises resume after eight-year hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a> <strong>The joint US-Egypt Bright Star military exercises resumed yesterday<\/strong> at the Mohamed Naguib military base in Egypt after an eight-year hiatus. The exercises run through 20 September, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyArmySpox\/posts\/1139451796185801\">according to an Armed Forces statement<\/a>. The wargames focus on counterterrorism strategies and facing modern security threats. <strong>Egyptian and Russian paratroopers also began the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyArmySpox\/posts\/1139452776185703\"><strong>Protectors of Friendship 2017 counterterrorism drills<\/strong><\/a> in Russia on Saturday. The exercises will run until 22 September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The US-Egypt war games come amid strained relations between the two countries<\/strong> (an angle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignbrief.com\/daily-news\/us-egypt-resume-joint-military-exercise\">being played up heavily in the foreign press<\/a>) after the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/09\/10\/us-senate-appropriations-committee-withholds-military-economic-aid-to-egypt\/\">US Senate\u2019s Foreign Aid Appropriations Committee approved<\/a> withholding up to a quarter of the USD 1.3 bn in military and economic aid to Egypt and the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/08\/23\/us-withholds-usd-290-mn-in-military-aid-to-egypt\/\">State Department suspended<\/a> nearly USD 290 mn in aid. The cut was ostensibly over Egypt\u2019s human rights record, but others point to Egypt\u2019s relationship with North Korea. On that front, <strong>the DPRK illegally exported coal, iron and other commodities worth at least USD 270 mn to countries, including Egypt<\/strong>, in the six-month period ending in early August, UN sanctions experts said in a report on Sunday. North Korea exported iron and steel products to Egypt, China, France, India, Ireland and Mexico valued at USD 305,713 between October 2016 and May 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/un-experts-nkorea-exported-270-million-illegally-recently\/2017\/09\/09\/a6433f74-95c0-11e7-8482-8dc9a7af29f9_story.html?utm_term=.8aa675069302\">reports the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>President Abdel Fattah El Sisi sent a congratulatory note to North Korea on <\/strong><strong>the anniversary of its founding<\/strong>. AMAY ran the story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almasryalyoum.com\/news\/details\/1189123\">citing MENA news agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The joint US-Egypt Bright Star military exercises resumed yesterday at the Mohamed Naguib military base in Egypt after an eight-year hiatus. The exercises run through 20 September, according to an Armed Forces statement. The wargames focus on counterterrorism strategies and facing modern security threats. 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