U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the withdrawal of over a third of Israeli forces from Lebanon following the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. Speaking in Paris, Blinken praised the U.S.-France oversight mechanism for effectively managing ceasefire violations,

In September, State said the Biden administration was overriding human rights conditions on military aid to Egypt, granting Cairo its full allocation of $1.3 billion, including $95 million tied specifically to Egypt's progress on the release of political prisoners.