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Mar 8, 2016

Top News: Sisi Addresses Issues in Sinai, Libya in Telephone Interview

By EgyptSource

In a phone interview on Amr Adib’s Al-Qahera al-Youm, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on Egyptians to be patient with the government while discussing development in Sinai, and local and regional security. Sisi outlined development projects in Egypt, including in Sinai. “You do not have enough information about what is going on in Sinai,” he […]

MENASource

Mar 8, 2016

EconSource: War Could Cost Syria $1.3 Trillion by 2020

By EconSource

The prolonged conflict in Syria could cost more than $1 trillion by 2020, according to a report by World Vision and Frontier Economics.

MENASource

Mar 8, 2016

Libya at Another Crossroads

By Mohamed Eljarh

The UN Security Council (UNSC) held a session on March 2 to discuss the situation in Libya, where the UN special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler briefed the Council on the latest political, security, and humanitarian developments in Libya. The session comes as the prospects for success of the UN-led peace continue to diminish due to […]

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MENASource

Mar 7, 2016

Top News: Militants attack Tunisian forces near Libyan border, 50 killed

By MENASource

Dozens of Islamist fighters stormed through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdane near the Libyan border on Monday, attacking army and police posts in a raid that killed at least 50 people, including civilians, the government and residents said. Soldiers killed 33 militants and arrested six, the Interior Ministry said.

MENASource

Mar 7, 2016

Top News: Egypt Accuses Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas of Assassinating Prosecutor

By EgyptSource

Egypt has accused exiled Muslim Brotherhood officials of conspiring with Hamas militants to assassinate Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year and arrested 14 people in connection with the attack. Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar said authorities had arrested 48 members of a Muslim Brotherhood cell intending to undermine security through a series of attacks; 14 had […]

MENASource

Mar 7, 2016

EconSource: Egypt Central Bank Holds Exceptional $500 Million FX Auction

By EconSource

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) kept the pound stable at 7.7301 pounds against the dollar at an exceptional auction on Sunday for the sale of $500 million to cover imports of strategic goods, pumping foreign exchange into an economy that has been starved of dollars.

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Mar 4, 2016

Top News: US drone kills four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen

By MENASource

A US drone strike killed four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in a car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa on Friday, local officials and residents said.

MENASource

Mar 4, 2016

Top News: Leading Rights Lawyer Accused of Managing ‘Illegal Organization’

By EgyptSource

Rights Lawyer and Director of the United Group law firm Negad al-Boraie said Thursday he was interrogated for three hours on six charges including managing an illegal organization. According to a statement issued by United Group Friday, Boraie has been charged with establishing an unlicensed entity with the intent of “inciting resistance to authorities, implementing […]

MENASource

Mar 4, 2016

EconSource: IMF Says in Advanced Talks with Tunisia Over $2.8 Billion

By EconSource

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Tunisia are in the advanced stages of talks over a $2.8 billion credit over four years to help support the country’s economic reform program.

MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

Libya’s Draft Constitution: Compromise or Compromised?

By Ronald Bruce St John

The Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) was elected in February 2014 with a mandate to draft a constitution to replace the Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage, released in August 2011. It took the CDA eight months to produce a first draft and another four months to produce a second, with the latter containing important […]

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