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Aug 20, 2015

The Republic of Fear

By Amr Hamzawy

The Egyptian government issued a decree in July placing regulatory and independent agencies under the auspices of the president of the country, authorizing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to replace the agencies’ leaders. This move effectively puts an end to the agencies’ independent regulatory role by threatening their ability to both ensure the executive authority does […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 20, 2015

Top News: SOHR Documents 36,000 Civilian Deaths in Syria Over Past Ten Months

By MENASource

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring group reported on Thursday that it has documented 33,376 air strikes carried out by Syrian regime forces in the past ten months since October 20, 2014, including 18,038 barrel bombs and 15,338 air raids.

MENASource

Aug 20, 2015

Top News: Islamic State Claims Shubra al-Kheima Bomb which Wounded Twenty-Nine

By EgyptSource

Islamic State’s (ISIS or ISIL) Egypt affiliate said it was behind a car bombing that wounded twenty-nine people near a state security building and courthouse in Qalyubiya’s Shubra al-Kheima district early on Thursday.

MENASource

Aug 20, 2015

EconSource: ISIS Made $11 Million Per Month in Iraq Province

By EconSource

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) made $11 million per month from “organized crime” in Iraq’s Nineveh province before seizing Mosul in June of last year, a parliamentary report obtained by AFP says.

MENASource

Aug 20, 2015

Yemen: Calling for a Comprehensive US Strategy to End the Conflict

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee, the primary mechanism for inter-agency coordination of UN- and non-UN humanitarian assistance, recently labeled the conflict in Yemen a category 3 emergency—the most severe category in the international system.

Yemen

MENASource

Aug 19, 2015

Release of Islamist Leader Sends Mixed Signals

By Khaled Dawoud

Since his 2013 arrest, shortly after the army’s removal of former president Mohamed Morsi, Abul Ela Madi’s name has topped the lists of people whose release has been called for, even by critics of political Islamic groups. Two long years later, and Madi finally walked free from a police station on August 12, two days […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 19, 2015

Top News: Arab League Vows Military Support For Libya, No Word On Air Strikes

By MENASource

The Arab League pledged military support on Tuesday to help Libya’s internationally recognized government fight the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL), but did not publicly agree to a request for airstrikes. A communique issued after the Arab League meeting in Cairo said there was an urgent need for an Arab strategy to fight ISIS in […]

MENASource

Aug 19, 2015

Top News: Egypt’s New Anti-Terrorism Bill Would Impact Basic Freedoms, Says Washington

By EgyptSource

The United States denounced Egypt’s newly expanded counterterrorism law Tuesday, expressing concern about its potential impact on human rights in the country, a military ally of the United States.

MENASource

Aug 19, 2015

EconSource: Algeria Says Crude, Natural Gas Exports Down in 2014

By EconSource

Algeria’s crude oil and natural gas exports dropped sharply in 2014 after its ninth straight annual decline in its domestic energy production. Algeria has struggled to keep up production due to declining output and a lack of foreign investment.

MENASource

Aug 18, 2015

Top News: Irish Delegation in Cairo to Discuss Wellbeing of Egyptian-Irish Teen

By EgyptSource

An Irish delegation headed by Chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs Pat Breen, arrived in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss the release of dual Egyptian-Irish citizen, Ibrahim Halawa.