CAIRO: Egypt received 10 Apache helicopters from the United States in the past week, security sources said yesterday, a sign of easing tensions between the allies confronting Islamist extremism across the region.
The United States originally announced in April that it had decided to lift its hold on the delivery of the attack helicopters, imposed last year after the military toppled elected president Mohamed Mursi and cracked down hard on his Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
The Pentagon said in September that the United States would deliver the helicopters to support Cairo’s counter-terrorism efforts.
In another sign of improving relations between the two countries, Stephen Beecroft, the new US ambassador to Egypt, arrived in Cairo on Thursday. The previous ambassador left the post more than a year ago.REUTERS
