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MENASource

Aug 28, 2015

Top News: Egyptian Court Issues Preliminary Death Sentence to Twelve ISIS Supporters

By EgyptSource

The Zagazig Criminal Court sentenced twelve alleged Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) sympathizers to death on Thursday after convicting them of plotting attacks against police and troops in Egypt.

MENASource

Aug 28, 2015

EconSource: Russia’s Rosneft Signs LNG Deal With Egypt’s EGAS

By EconSource

Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft signed a deal with Egypt’s state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) on Thursday to supply Egypt with liquefied natural gas (LNG).

MENASource

Aug 27, 2015

Sisi, Putin Discuss Bilateral Relations, War on Terror

By EgyptSource

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for the fourth time during his third visit to Russia as head of the Egyptian state, for talks that focused on economic and nuclear developments, and international conflicts.

MENASource

Aug 27, 2015

Top News: Libya’s GNC Delays Peace Talks After Official Quits

Delegates for Libya’s rival GNC parliament will hold off joining peace talks that were due to start today until they manage to form a new team following the resignation of a senior negotiator, a representative said.

MENASource

Aug 27, 2015

EconSource: Kurds Vow Steady Payments to Oil Companies as Exports Rise

By EconSource

Iraqi Kurdistan said on Thursday it expects to begin making regular payments to oil exporting companies in the first half of September.

MENASource

Aug 27, 2015

Turkey’s Counterterrorism Policies: Targeting ISIS and the PKK

By Aaron Stein

Turkey has recently launched a large-scale anti-terror campaign targeting Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) networks and suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)—a US, EU, and Turkish designated terror group.

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MENASource

Aug 26, 2015

Top News: Syrian Antiquities and the ISIS Billion-Dollar Economy

ISIS is awash in cash, terrorist financing experts say. Extortion and taxation of the populations the group controls, illicit oil sales, ransoms, seizures of bank deposits, and now the sale of small antiquities are all contributing to ISIS’s coffers.

MENASource

Aug 26, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Arabia Remains Committed to Dollar Peg

By EconSource

Pressure on the Saudi Arabian riyal in the currency forwards market eased on Tuesday after Ahmed al-Kholifi, Deputy Governor for Research and International Affairs at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), said the kingdom was committed to keeping the riyal pegged to the US dollar.

MENASource

Aug 26, 2015

Top News: Too Early to Judge Iran Deal, says Egypt Presidency

By EgyptSource

In a meeting Wednesday with the media delegation accompanying President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his visit to Russia, spokesman Alaa Youssef said that the Egyptian presidency believes it is too early to judge the nuclear deal signed by six leading world powers and Iran.

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Aug 25, 2015

Top News: Red Cross Temporarily Suspends Activity In Aden After Attack on Headquarters

By MENASource

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Tuesday it had temporarily suspended its activities in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden after its office was raided by unidentified gunmen a day earlier. The attackers held staff at gunpoint and stole cars, cash and equipment, ICRC spokeswoman Dibeh Fakhr said in an emailed […]