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Mar 29, 2016

Case No. 173: The State of Egypt’s NGOs

By Elissa Miller and Margaret Suter

In late 2011, Egyptian authorities raided 17 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working on democracy and rights issues. Two years later, an Egyptian court ordered the closure of several international NGOs and handed down sentences to the defendants on charges of operating illegally in the country. The second part of the case, referred to as Case No. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

Yemenis Express Resolve and Pride in Anti-Saudi Demonstrations

By Jillian Schwedler

Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in Sanaa on Sautrday to express their resounding opposition to the Saudi-led war. Organized on the first anniversary of the start of the Saudi air campaign, the massive turnout represented a rebuke of the Saudi intervention, which has led to more than 6,000 deaths, pushed the […]

Yemen

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

Top News: ISIS claims central Baghdad bombing

By MENASource

ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Tuesday morning in central Baghdad that police said killed three people and wounded 27.

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

Top News: EgyptAir Hijacking Suspect Arrested in Cyprus

By EgyptSource

An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday but the passengers and crew were freed unharmed and the hijacker was arrested after giving himself up. Eighty-one people, including 21 foreigners and 15 crew, had been onboard the Airbus 320 flight when it took off, Egypt’s […]

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

EconSource: Iraq Says Expects $6.4 Billion Financial Support This Year

By EconSource

Iraq expects to receive financial support of $6.4 billion in 2016 from donors and international organizations, Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said Tuesday.

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

Egypt’s Youth and the Pull to Migrate

By Eduard Cousin

Two-thirds of Egypt’s population is under 30, and youth unemployment for 15-24 year-olds is around 42 percent, according to World Bank figures. After the January 2011 revolution, unemployment rose sharply from 9 percent in 2010, reaching 12.7 percent in 2016. Ahmed, a 24-year-old business administration graduate, currently working for a stock trading company in Cairo, […]

North Africa

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

Top News: United States moving to increase troops in Iraq

By MENASource

The Pentagon said Friday it was moving to increase the number of US troops in Iraq amid new strikes this week that killed the ISIS’s finance minister and other senior leaders.

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

Top News: Italy Rejects Egypt’s Claim to Have Found Student’s Killers; MOI Backtracks

By EgyptSource

Italy rejected on Friday Egypt’s claim that it had identified the killers of an Italian graduate student whose tortured body was recovered last month, and Rome vowed to press on with its own murder investigation. Egyptian authorities said a criminal gang that had been killed in a shootout was in possession of Giulio Regeni’s bag […]

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

EconSource: Egypt Launches Program to Increase Growth, Bring in Aid, Investment

By EconSource

Egypt unveiled a long-awaited economic program on Sunday that aims to reduce the budget deficit, protect the poor, and increase foreign aid and investment.

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

What “Inclusivity” Means in Iraq

By Safwan Al-Amin

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on February 9, 2016 that he would push for the replacement of the current ministers with a “technocratic” cabinet. Having promised reforms without clear implementation in the past, there is much confusion over what change is forthcoming and apprehension over its potential implications.

Iraq