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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.

Iraq Syria

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.

MENASource

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

MENASource

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.