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Jan 27, 2016

EconSource: Iraq Says Would Consider Deal on Global Oil Cuts

By EconSource

Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari has said that Iraq is willing to take part in emergency meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in order to lift oil prices.

MENASource

Jan 26, 2016

Photo Essay: What Happened in Tahrir Square on January 25, 2016

By Jonathan Rashad

Five years ago, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets in mass protest. Their chants of “Bread, freedom, and social justice” filled Tahrir Square. The date they chose was no coincidence. January 25 marked national police day, and a key demand of the protests was an end to police brutality in Egypt. Eighteen days later, […]

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MENASource

Jan 26, 2016

Top News: New Libya unity government to be proposed within ten days

By MENASource

A revamped Libyan unity government will be proposed within ten days, an official said Tuesday, after the eastern House of Representatives rejected an initial lineup proposed by the Presidency Council.

MENASource

Jan 26, 2016

Top News: Egyptian Writer Fatima Naoot Sentenced to Three Years in Jail for “Contempt of Religion”

By EgyptSource

Writer Fatima Naoot was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison and fined EGP20,000 after being found guilty of contempt of religion, the second public figure to receive a jail term in less than a month for charges related to blasphemy. The jail sentence is effective immediately, meaning the ex-parliamentary candidate is set to […]

MENASource

Jan 26, 2016

EconSource: Egypt Raises Cap on Forex Deposits for Imports of Essential Goods

By EconSource

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said Tuesday it would raise its cap on foreign currency deposits to $250,000 a month for imports of food, capital machinery, manufacturing components, and medicines.

MENASource

Jan 26, 2016

The YPG-PKK connection

By Aaron Stein and Michelle Foley

In mid-July 2012, the Syrian government withdrew its forces from a large amount of territory along the Turkish border. This move allowed the Democratic Union Party (PYD), a Kurdish nationalist group linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)—a US- and Turkish-designated terrorist group—to take administrative and military control over the self-declared cantons of Efrin, Kobani […]

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MENASource

Jan 25, 2016

Five Years On: Egypt’s International Relations

By Elissa Miller

US-Egypt ties and Egypt’s ties with the Gulf witnessed the most significant shifts in Egypt’s foreign relations in the past five years. US-Egypt relations were strained as the Obama administration placed US military and economic aid to Egypt on hold, while in the Gulf, a surge of support in the wake of the ouster of former president Mohamed […]

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MENASource

Jan 25, 2016

Top News: Minor Protests, Celebrations Mark January 25 Anniversary

By EgyptSource

About 100 people gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Monday, not to celebrate those who instigated the revolt there five years ago that overthrew Egypt’s longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, but to praise the police who tried to stop them. Government supporters chanted pro-police and army slogans, and handed flowers to police personnel stationed in the square.

MENASource

Jan 25, 2016

EconSource: Saudi Aramco IPO Would Not Include Oil Reserves

By EconSource

Saudi Arabia’s potential sale of shares Aramco will not include the kingdom’s oil reserves. Shares could be sold on local or international markets, the Aramco Chairman Khalid al-Falih said in an interview with al-Arabiya TV.

MENASource

Jan 25, 2016

Five Years On: Politics, the Judiciary, and Legislation

By Elissa Miller

On January 25, 2011, Egyptians launched a revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak from power. In the five years since, Egypt has witnessed significant political, economic, and societal turbulence. Many of the uprising’s demands remain unmet as Egypt continues to move forward.

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