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MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

Top News: Egypt Parliament Expels Lawmaker over Meeting with Israeli Ambassador

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian lawmaker and popular TV talk show host was expelled from parliament Wednesday over a meeting he had with the Israeli ambassador to Egypt. The controversy over the meeting began when Ambassador Haim Koren posted a picture on the embassy’s Facebook page last week of himself and Egyptian lawmaker Tawfiq Okasha during their meeting.

MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

Top News: United States warns PYD not to support PKK in Turkey

By MENASource

The United States on March 2 called on the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria to not support the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey.

MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

EconSource: ISIS Making Millions Through Foreign Exchange

By EconSource

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) is exploiting national banking operations in Iraq and could be making up to $25 million a month in Middle Eastern money markets, experts told a UK parliamentary subcommittee in February.

MENASource

Mar 2, 2016

Top News: Syrian government forces open new battle with rebels in northwest

By MENASource

Syrian government forces launched an attack Wednesday to capture a rebel-held hill in northwestern Syria, a rebel official and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported, an expansion of operations that have continued in that area despite the ceasefire.

MENASource

Mar 2, 2016

Top News: Sinai State Reportedly Kills Father, Son in Public Square; Three Soldiers Killed in Sinai Blast

By EgyptSource

Journalists in North Sinai have said that a man and his son were killed by members of Sinai State in a public square in the city of al-Arish on Monday. Journalist and al-Arish resident Ahmed Abu Darea told Daily News Egypt, “Four masked people drove into al-Fakhwaryia Square after kidnapping the victims. They began firing […]

MENASource

Mar 2, 2016

EconSource: Egypt Seen Raising Interest Rates as Pressures Mount

By EconSource

Rising yields on Egyptian treasuries signal the market is expecting the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to raise interest rates this month to dampen inflation and ease mounting pressure on the currency, bankers and economists say.

MENASource

Mar 1, 2016

Shocking Ruling for Coptic Teenagers Renews Contempt of Religion Debate

By Khaled Dawoud

A ruling against four Coptic Christian teenagers in which they received maximum sentences on charges of contempt of religion has renewed calls for amendments to Egypt’s blasphemy laws. On February 25, the Beni Mazar Juvenile Misdemeanor Court sentenced Muller Atef, Bassem Amgad, and Albert Shafik to five years in prison on charges of insulting Islam. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Mar 1, 2016

Top News: Assad backs Syria truce, accuses opposition of violations

By MENASource

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad described the ceasefire as a “glimmer of hope,” but accused the opposition of violating the agreement intended to halt the fighting. He pledged Tuesday to do his part to ensure a fragile ceasefire holds and offered “full amnesty” to rebels who hand in their weapons.

MENASource

Mar 1, 2016

Top News: Four Journalists Sentenced to Prison for ‘Publishing False Information’

By EgyptSource

A Cairo Misdemeanor Court sentenced on Monday four journalists to three years in prison each on charges of ‘publishing false news’ and ‘membership in an illegal organization.’ In July 2015, security forces arrested the four journalists outside the Zeinhom morgue, Cairo’s main mortuary. Journalist Abu Bakr Khallaf, who heads an online media journalists union, and […]

MENASource

Mar 1, 2016

EconSource: Egypt’s Debts Climb to EGP 2.3 Trillion

By EconSource

Egypt’s debts have reached EGP 2.3 trillion (about $293 billion), Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said Monday.He also said that the state’s general budget does not exceed EGP 864 billion.