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Sep 18, 2015

Egypt Downplays Reopening of Israeli Embassy

By Khaled Dawoud

All announcements on the official reopening of the Israeli embassy in Cairo last week came from Israel, while Egyptian officials were either silent or appeared to downplay the event. Egypt’s stance was likely an effort to avoid a backlash from the generally anti-Israeli public opinion. The announcement, nonetheless, was criticized by staunch opponents of President […]

North Africa

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Sep 18, 2015

EconSource: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia Sign Contracts Worth $300 Million for New Oil Pipeline

By EconSource

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have signed contracts worth around $300 million to lay a new 350,000 barrel per day (bpd) oil pipeline between the two countries, Bahrain’s Energy Minister Abdul-Hussain bin Ali Mirza said on Thursday.

MENASource

Sep 18, 2015

Countering Extremism Through Proper Introductions

By Richard LeBaron and Jordan Lesser-Roy

Since 2002, over 8,000 Muslim teenagers have come to the United States through the State Department’s Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program, which allows the students to spend a year attending an American high school while living with an American family.

Middle East

MENASource

Sep 17, 2015

Top News: Only Handful of US-Trained Syrian Rebels Still Fighting

By MENASource

Only four or five US-trained Syrian rebels are still fighting in Syria, US General Lloyd Austin told Congress on Wednesday, a stark admission of setbacks to a fledgling military program that critics have already pronounced a failure.

MENASource

Sep 17, 2015

Top News: Photojournalist Shawkan’s Brother Says Court Date Set for December 12

By EgyptSource

The brother of a detained photojournalist says Egypt has set a date for the first session of his trial, more than two years after he was taken into custody.

MENASource

Sep 17, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Aramco Names New President and Chief Executive

By EconSource

Saudi Aramco’s Supreme Council has named Amin Nasser as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the state oil company.

MENASource

Sep 16, 2015

What to Expect from Egypt’s Impending Migration Law

By Tom Rollins

Egypt is now one step closer to passing a migration law that would, for the first time in the country’s history, outlaw and proscribe penalties for the crime of people smuggling.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 16, 2015

Top News: Tobruk Government Recalls Team from Morocco Talks

By MENASource

Delegates for Libya’s Tobruk-based House of Representative (HOR) says it has recalled its team from UN-mediated talks in Morocco, where rival Libyan sides are supposed to agree on a unity government by September 20.

MENASource

Sep 16, 2015

Top News: Shoukry Pens Open Letter to the ‘People of Mexico;’ Sisi to Receive Mexico’s Foreign Minister

By EgyptSource

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry addressed the people of Mexico in an open letter to be published in major Mexican newspapers Wednesday regarding the accidental killing of Mexican tourists in Egypt last Sunday.

MENASource

Sep 16, 2015

EconSource: Libya’s Internationally Backed Government May Block Exports by Some Oil Companies

By EconSource

Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tobruk may block exports via oil companies that refuse to deal with its new state oil company, an official said on Tuesday.