 The United States provides Egypt with annual military assistance, which in 2015 amounted to US$1.3 billion.In 1989, Egypt was designated as a major non-NATO ally of the United States.Nevertheless, ties between the two countries have partially soured since the July 2013 overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, with the Obama administration denouncing Egypt over its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, and cancelling future military exercises involving the two countries.