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Sep 23, 2015

Top News: Egypt Pardons 100, Including Al Jazeera Journalists, Activists Sanaa Seif and Yara Sallam

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Wednesday the pardoning of 100 prisoners, including Al Jazeera’s television journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, and prominent activists, Sanaa Seif and Yara Sallam, who were charged with violating the protest law.

MENASource

Sep 22, 2015

Top News: Fifty People Killed in Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrikes

By MENASource

Airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed fifty people in Yemen when they hit a Houthi-held security compound and a house in Sana’a in an escalating campaign that has claimed increasing civilian lives. The bombing campaign coincides with the Saudi announcement that Houthi forces are holding two of its soldiers.

MENASource

Sep 22, 2015

Top News: HRW Condemns Egypt’s Sinai Campaign; Cabinet Says Egypt Complied With International Law

By EgyptSource

The Egyptian government’s destruction of thousands of buildings in the Rafah border area to “counter the threat of smuggling tunnels was likely disproportionate,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in an 84-page report released Tuesday.

MENASource

Sep 22, 2015

EconSource: Tunisian Government, Labor Union Sign Deal on Public Worker Wage Hike

By EconSource

Tunisia’s government and the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) signed an agreement on Tuesday to increase the wages of 800,000 public sector workers for the second time this year after weeks of negotiations.

MENASource

Sep 21, 2015

Top News: US to Accept 85,000 Refugees in 2016 and 100,000 in 2017

By MENASource

Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the next two years, though not nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged.

MENASource

Sep 21, 2015

Top News: Egypt’s Sisi Swears in New Government, Keeps Ministers in Key Posts

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a new government Saturday, introducing sixteen new ministers, and merging several ministries.

MENASource

Sep 21, 2015

EconSource: Fitch Affirms Turkey’s Investment Grade Rating, Outlook Stable

By EconSource

Turkey retained its investment grade ranking at Fitch Ratings with a stable outlook as the ratings company said the country’s government balance sheet remains “strong” amid a deteriorating political environment.

MENASource

Sep 18, 2015

Iraq’s Abadi Caught between Global Powers and Domestic Politics

By Ramzy Mardini

After the White House succeeded in getting Bulgaria to close its airspace to Russian overflights last week, Moscow continues to buttress Syria’s embattled regime though Iranian and Iraqi airspace, despite US requests made as recently as September 5 for the Iraqis to assist in the effort to deny the Russians a supply line to Syria.

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MENASource

Sep 18, 2015

Top News: UN Says Libya Lawmakers to Rejoin the House of Representatives

By MENASource

The United Nations said on Friday that Libyan lawmakers had agreed to reunify the country’s House of Representatives (HOR) in a step towards a final agreement, which aims to form a Government of National Accord.

MENASource

Sep 18, 2015

Top News: Egyptian Cabinet Expected to be Sworn in by Saturday

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s newly appointed cabinet is expected to be sworn in and replace the government of outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab next Saturday, state-run Al-Ahram reported.