WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has halted the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in the strongest signal yet of U.S. impatience with Egypt's armed forces after its toppling of President Mohamed Mursi.
The decision appears to underscore deepening U.S. concern about the course taken by the Arab world's most populous country, reeling from violent street clashes following Mursi's July 3 overthrow.
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