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Feb 8, 2016

Top News: As Syria rebels face rout, allies, Saudi, Turkey may send troops

By MENASource

With rebel forces facing the prospect of a crushing defeat by Syria’s Russian-backed regime, their allies Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Turkey may send in limited numbers of ground troops, analysts say.

MENASource

Feb 8, 2016

Top News: Egypt’s Foreign Minister in Three-Day Visit to US for International, Regional Talks

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry began a three-day trip to Washington on Sunday, where he is set to meet with his American counterpart, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Shoukry’s visit targets bolstering bilateral ties and will include important meetings, Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid added in a statement.

MENASource

Feb 8, 2016

EconSource: Saudi Power Projects Will Need $133 Billion Investment Over 10 Years

By EconSource

Saudi Arabia will need to invest $133.3 billion in electricity projects over the next ten years to cope with rising power demand, its Electricity and Water Minister Abdullah al-Hussayen said Sunday.

MENASource

Feb 5, 2016

What Happened to Giulio Regeni?

Circumstances surrounding the death of an Italian national in Egypt remain vague, two days after his body was discovered on the outskirts of Cairo. Egyptian Public Prosecutor Ahmed Nagi told AP that Giulio Regeni was found dead on Wednesday in an empty lot in the 6th of October suburb. His body was transferred to Cairo’s […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 5, 2016

Top News: Libya loses voting rights at UN General Assembly over non-payment of dues

By MENASource

Libya has had its voting rights United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) suspended because it has not paid its UN membership dues. In a letter to the UNGA a fortnight ago, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that to have the ban lifted, Libya would have to pay a minimum of $1,369,638 towards reducing its debt.

MENASource

Feb 5, 2016

Top News: Egypt’s Top Prosecutor Orders Striking Doctors at Matariya Hospital Back to Work

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s top prosecutor ordered the immediate reopening of Matariya Hospital on Thursday so that medical care can resume after doctors launched a strike over an assault by a group of policemen last week.

MENASource

Feb 5, 2016

EconSource: World Bank Says Support to MENA Will Total $20 Billion in the Next Five Years

By EconSource

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim announced Thursday that the World Bank Group will triple its commitment to the Middle East and North Africa over the next five years to nearly $20 billion.

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Turkey’s Problems in Aleppo

By Aaron Stein

The Syrian regime, backed by Russian airstrikes, severed the main overland supply route from Turkey to Aleppo on Wednesday, February 3. The loss of this territory directly impacts Turkish interests in northern Syria and may portend a scenario whereby the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia comprised mostly of Syrian Kurds, unite Kurdish-held territory […]

Turkey

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Top News: Nearly 40,000 Syrians flee regime’s advance on Aleppo

By MENASource

A regime offensive near Aleppo continues from Monday with Russian air support, accompanied by Iran-backed Shia militias and Hezbollah forces, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Thursday. The operation broke an opposition siege on two regime held towns.

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Is 2016 Finally a Breakout Year for the Egyptian Economy?

By Mohsin Khan and Elissa Miller

On assuming office in June 2014, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi committed to revive the Egyptian economy, which had been in the doldrums for the past several years, and set it on a path of sustained high growth and low unemployment. To achieve this objective he identified a mixture of populist and traditional free-market policies to […]

North Africa