Egypt: U.S. Releases $575 Million of Suspended Funds to Egypt

Cairo — The United States has released about $575 million of the suspended funds to Egypt over the past 10 days, Reuters reported an unnamed State Department official as saying.

The United States froze some of the $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt following the military's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last year, which was prompted by mass protests against his rule.

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