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MENASource

Nov 10, 2015

Top News: Investigative Journalist Hossam Bahgat Released From Military Prosecution Custody

By EgyptSource

Egyptian investigative journalist and human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was released from the custody of military prosecution on Tuesday, two days after his detention on charges of “publishing false news aimed at harming national security.”

MENASource

Nov 10, 2015

Top News: EU Report Criticizes Turkey on Human Rights, Freedoms Violations

By MENASource

In an annual report to prepare for possible Turkish membership published on Tuesday, the European Union (EU) severely criticized Turkey for a series of flaws in its respect for human rights and democratic standards at a time when the bloc is looking to Ankara to help deal with the migrant crisis.

MENASource

Nov 10, 2015

EconSource: Egypt Stocks Drop after Russia Suspends Flights, Inflation Increases

By EconSource

Egypt’s benchmark stock index plunged 4.4 percent on Tuesday after steadily declining since Russia suspended flights to Egypt following the October 31 Russian plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula.

MENASource

Nov 10, 2015

Spotlight on Recent Developments in Egypt: Arrests and Detentions

By Elissa Miller and Brandan Martini

In the past few days, two prominent Egyptian figures were detained on various charges. Rights activist and journalist Hossam Bahgat was detained by the military prosecution on charges of spreading false news and subsequently released, while businessman Salah Diab and his son were detained on charges of unlicensed weapons’ possession. Photojournalist Esraa al-Taweel was also […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 9, 2015

Recalling Ahmad Chalabi, The Man Who Wanted to Take Saddam’s Place

By Thomas Krajeski

Ahmad Chalabi leaned forward in his chair, his soft hands with their perfectly manicured nails splayed flat on the table between us. “Tom, you don’t understand,” he said in his perfect, virtually unaccented English. “I would do or say anything to persuade the United States to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam. Anything.”

Iraq

MENASource

Nov 9, 2015

Top News: Rights Activist, Journalist Hossam Bahgat Detained Four Days on Charges of “Publishing False News”

By EgyptSource

Military Prosecution ordered the detention of investigative journalist and rights activist Hossam Bahgat for four days on Monday, pending investigation into charges of publishing false news that harms national interests and disseminating information that disturbs public peace.

MENASource

Nov 9, 2015

Top News: Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign from Parliament

By MENASource

Thirty-one Tunisian lawmakers resigned from the ruling party bloc in parliament on Monday, allowing Islamist Ennahda to become the largest party. “We decided to resign from the party’s bloc today after the refusal to hold an executive committee meeting, which is the only legitimate structure of the party,” Hassouna Nasfi, a protesting deputy, said on […]

MENASource

Nov 9, 2015

EconSource: IMF’s Lagarde Urges Tax, Spending Reforms in Gulf

By EconSource

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Christine Lagarde urged Gulf Arab oil states on Sunday to introduce radical tax and spending reforms in light of the drop in global oil prices.

MENASource

Nov 9, 2015

The Collapse of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party

By Aaron Stein

Just one week before the November 1 election, the average Turkish opinion polls suggested that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was on pace to win between 41-43 percent of the popular vote. Based on this data, a vast majority of Turkey analysis—this author included—wrote that the AKP would be emerge as the Turkey’s most […]

Turkey

MENASource

Nov 6, 2015

Top News: Iraq’s Top Shia Cleric Warns Parliament Not to Stall Abadi’s Reforms

By MENASource

Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani warned parliament on Friday not to use concerns over the legality of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s reforms as a tactic to block them, in a boost to the premier days after lawmakers sought to rein him in.