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MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

Top News: Death Toll in Regime Airstrikes on Raqqa Rises to Ninety-Five

By MENASource

The death toll from a series of Syrian government airstrikes on the Islamic State in Iraq and al-sham (ISIS) stronghold in northeastern Syria has risen to at least ninety-five, making it one of the deadliest attacks on the city of Raqqa in the past three years.

UkraineAlert

Nov 26, 2014

On Ukraine, the Economists Declare an Emergency

By James Rupert

Ukraine’s Friends Plan a Donor Conference in February; Is That Soon Enough? On Ukraine, the economists are declaring an emergency. Ukraine is bleeding cash in its war against Russian and Russian-proxy forces in the Donbas region. With its industrial heartland shattered by the war, the country’s economy is shriveling. And the warnings from economists are […]

Ukraine

MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

EconSource: Libya’s Rival Oil Minister Wants to Attend OPEC Meeting

By EconSource

Libya’s rival government wants to send its oil minister to the OPEC summit in Vienna and has announced that it will refuse to comply with any decisions if it is denied access to the summit. The decision on allowing the rival oil minister attendance to the OPEC summit is a difficult decision for the international […]

MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

Militarizing Egypt’s Trials

By Sonia Farid

While the military trials of civilians are nothing new in Egypt, the circumstances in which Egyptians can be brought before these courts have seen a worrying expansion. From January to September 2011 alone, estimates place the number of Egyptians who faced military trials under the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) at 12,000. A new […]

North Africa

Trade in Action

Nov 25, 2014

TTIP Action | November 25

By Global Business & Economics Program

– We wish all of you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving! Please note that due to the holidays, there will be no TTIP Action on Thursday, November 27-  Statement by Ambassador Michael Froman Following Meeting with European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström“We have an opportunity to work together for a fresh start to the […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
1st Cavalry Division tanks in Poland, Oct. 27, 2014

NATOSource

Nov 25, 2014

US Army May Pre-Position 100 More Armored Vehicles in Central Europe

By Jeff Schogol, Army Times

The U.S. Army intends to add at least 100 fighting vehicles to Europe by the end of next year, the commander of U.S. Army Europe told reporters on Monday.

Central Europe Europe & Eurasia
President Petro Poroshenko, Sept. 12, 2014

NATOSource

Nov 25, 2014

Poroshenko: Ukraine to Decide on NATO Membership in Future Referendum

By James G. Neuger, Volodymyr Verbyany, and Daryna Krasnolutska, Bloomberg News

Ukraine will decide whether to join NATO in a referendum at the end of this decade once it moves from “empty declarations” and completes “real” policy changes needed for membership, President Petro Poroshenko said.

NATO Russia
French Mistral class warship Dixmude, July 14, 2011

NATOSource

Nov 25, 2014

France Suspends Mistral Delivery to Russia ‘Until Further Notice’

By Reuters, BBC, and AFP

From Reuters:  France suspended indefinitely on Tuesday delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carrier warships to Russia, citing conflict in eastern Ukraine where the West accuses Moscow of fomenting separatism.

France Russia

MENASource

Nov 25, 2014

Top News: Libya’s Rival Prime Minister Could Ban UN Envoy, Complicating Peace Talks

By MENASource

Libya’s rival government in Tripoli, led by Omar al-Hassi, may forbid UN Special Representative Bernardino Leon from entering territory it controls, a move that could make it harder to negotiate an end to the current political crisis.

MENASource

Nov 25, 2014

Top News: Egypt Minister Warns of Lethal Force ahead of November 28 Protests

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s interior minister has warned that his forces can use deadly force to counter any assault against public facilities in a message coming just ahead of a planned protest by Islamist group, the Salafi Front, on November 28. Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said Tuesday, forces will use “all means,” including the use of firearms, in […]