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Nov 20, 2015

Top News: Five Protesters Arrested in Mohamed Mahmoud Anniversary Commemoration

By EgyptSource

Five people were arrested for demonstrating on the October 6 Bridge on Thursday afternoon to mark the deadly clashes between protesters and security forces that broke out on Mohamed Mahmoud Street on November 19 four years ago.

MENASource

Nov 19, 2015

Top News: Turkey’s Erdogan Urges United Muslim Front Against Terror

By MENASource

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a united front by Muslim leaders to fight extremism after the Paris attacks, warning that otherwise jihadists will commit further atrocities.

MENASource

Nov 19, 2015

EconSource: World Bank says New Bond Scheme Seen for Middle East, North Africa by Spring

By EconSource

A new international bond and grant scheme to help countries dealing with the fallout of war and instability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should be in place by spring, World Bank Vice President for MENA Hafez Ghanem said.

MENASource

Nov 19, 2015

Tunisia’s Ruling Party Crisis

By Katherine Wolff and Elissa Miller

Nidaa Tounes may have to answer to a jaded constituency in the elections for failing its voters. While the current crisis is unlikely to trigger government collapse, it hampers the party’s ability to serve as a unified countervailing force to Ennahda and underscores the fragile nature of Tunisia’s balance of political power.

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MENASource

Nov 19, 2015

Top News: Egypt Says State Department Human Trafficking Report Lacks Credibility

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Justice Ministry denounced in a statement on Wednesday the annual report issued by the US Department of State on “Trafficking in Persons,” describing it as lacking credible sources on actual efforts taken by the government to combat the problem.

MENASource

Nov 18, 2015

Red-Teaming ISIS

By Bilal Y. Saab

If the Islamic State’s (ISIS or ISIL) intent behind the deadly attacks in France was to cause death, pain, and panic among Western societies (what transnational jihadists call “the far enemy”) then mission accomplished. But more importantly, what is ISIS’s ultimate purpose for this act of mass murder in Paris and possibly others in the […]

MENASource

Nov 18, 2015

Top News: French, Russia Raids in Syria Kill 33 ISIS militants; ISIS Stiffens Defenses in Raqqa

By MENASource

French and Russian air strikes in northern Syria have killed at least thirty-three ISIS fighters in the last 72 hours according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

MENASource

Nov 18, 2015

EconSource: World Bank Expects to Pay $1 Billion Loan to Egypt

By EconSource

The World Bank expects to make a $1 billion development policy loan available to Egypt in December, the Bank’s Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa Hafez Ghanem said.

MENASource

Nov 18, 2015

Top News: Egypt Says Reason for Plane Crash Unconfirmed; Russian Newspaper Says Bomb Was in Main Cabin

By EgyptSource

Egypt said on Tuesday it would take into account Russia’s conclusion that a bomb brought down a passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula last month but its investigation had so far found no evidence of criminal action.

MENASource

Nov 17, 2015

What’s Wrong with the Egyptian Pound?

By Mohsin Khan and Elissa Miller

Recent movements in the exchange rate have generated considerable commentary and speculation in the media  and the public about what’s going on with the Egyptian pound and where it is headed. Historically, Egyptian policymakers, and in particular the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), have placed a high premium on the stability of the values of […]

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