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Nov 16, 2015

Top News: Egyptian Injured in Paris Attacks Mistakenly Labeled a Suspect

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Ambassador to France Ihab Badawi said that an Egyptian passport recovered following a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday belongs to Egyptian national Walid Abdel Razek.

MENASource

Nov 16, 2015

EconSource: Turkey’s Erdogan Says Interest Rates Too High to Encourage Investment

By EconSource

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan renewed his call for lower interest rates on Sunday, saying they were too high to encourage investment and entrepreneurship.

MENASource

Nov 13, 2015

Top News: ISIS Claims Deadly Twin Beirut Explosions

By MENASource

At least thirty-seven people were killed and more than 181 wounded on Thursday after two suicide bomb blasts, claimed by ISIS, hit a crowded district in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

MENASource

Nov 13, 2015

Top News: Russian Aviation Authority Bans EgyptAir Flights to Russia; Egypt Says Plane’s Final Seconds to be Analyzed Abroad

By EgyptSource

Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia has banned flights by EgyptAir, Egypt’s state-owned flag carrier, to Russia, effective November 14, an official of the Moscow Domodedovo airport reportedly said on Friday.

MENASource

Nov 13, 2015

EconSource: EU to Pay $3 Billion for Turkey’s Help in Stemming Migrant Crisis

By EconSource

European Union (EU) leaders agreed in principle Thursday to pay EUR 3 billion ($3.23 billion) to Turkey over the next two years in return for additional support in stemming migration flows into Europe.

MENASource

Nov 12, 2015

Top News: Iraqi Kurds Reach Sinjar Road, Cutting ISIS Supply Line

By MENASource

Kurdish Peshmerga forces have started clearing parts of the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar and have established positions along an ISIS supply route between its two main strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the coalition said on Thursday.

MENASource

Nov 12, 2015

Top News: Sisi, Salman Hold Summit Talks in Riyadh

By EgyptSource

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks on Wednesday with Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on enhancing bilateral cooperation.

MENASource

Nov 12, 2015

The Islamic State’s Pattern of Retaliation in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula

By Zack Gold

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) branch in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula claimed responsibility for downing Metrojet flight 9268 on October 31. If the group managed to infiltrate Sharm al-Sheikh airport and put an explosive device on the Russian plane, that would be a great achievement for the group and a massive blow to Egypt’s image […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 12, 2015

EconSource: Egypt Strengthens Currency Amid Disruptive Dollar Shortage

By EconSource

The Central Bank of Egypt strengthened the pound on Wednesday for the first time since 2013, injecting dollars into a banking system suffering from an acute foreign exchange shortage and raising expectations of a radical shift in monetary policy.

MENASource

Nov 10, 2015

Libya: Back to Square One?

By Karim Mezran

Many authoritative commentators have already expressed their astonishment at the scandal enveloping the United Nations and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Their shock is indeed justified.

Libya