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Jul 29, 2015

Top News: Turkey Launches Strikes on PKK

By MENASource

Turkish jets launched their heaviest assault yet on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq Tuesday night, striking six Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets including shelters, depots, and caves.

MENASource

Jul 29, 2015

Burying the Emotional Baggage

By Amr Hamzawy

There he goes, now in his forties, returning to the university he once attended, to the city that gave him a love for life, for beauty, and for freedom. He wants to relive that “new beginning” the city gave him in his twenties. But it doesn’t work.

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 29, 2015

Top News: Assets of Seventy-Eight Brotherhood Members Frozen

By EgyptSource

A Justice Ministry panel tasked with tracking the assets and funding of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has frozen the assets and properties of seventy-eight new group members.

MENASource

Jul 29, 2015

EconSource: BP Joins Total in Writing Off Oil Assets Amid Libya Conflict

By EconSource

Conflict in Libya has led European oil companies including British Petroleum (BP) and France’s Total SA to write off millions of dollars in investments in the country.

MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

The US-Turkey Alliance Against Whom?

By MENASource

The recent deal between Turkey and the United States that allows US air power to use the Incirlik airbase in exchange for maintaining a safe zone along the Turkish-Syrian border represents Turkey’s boldest step yet in the war on the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

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MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

Top News: Syrian Opposition Backs Safe Zone Calls; NATO Warns Turkey Against Excessive Force

By MENASource

Head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) Khaled Khoja urged NATO partners meeting in Brussels today to support the establishment of a “safe zone” in northern Syria. Khoja said that it would protect civilians from the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) and President Bashar al-Assad’s indiscriminate aerial bombardment.

MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

Top News: Senators Urge Kerry to Focus on Political Reform, Human Rights During US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue

By EgyptSource

US Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Bob Casey (D-PA) wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday, ahead of the upcoming US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue on August 2, urging that “political […]

MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

EconSource: Explosion Shuts Down Iran-Turkey Natural Gas Pipeline

By EconSource

Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said an explosion on a natural gas pipeline late on Monday between Iran and Turkey caused a large fire and shut down the flow of gas.

MENASource

Jul 27, 2015

In Egypt, a Fine for Journalists is Worse than a Prison Sentence

By Khaled Dawoud

The outrage over the draft anti-terror law, particularly articles relating to access to information and freedom of the press, is unlikely to come an end soon. Journalist Syndicate board members expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s recent compromise regarding an article criminalizing the publication of information on terror attacks and counterterror operations that contradict official statements. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 27, 2015

Top News: Emergency Ceasefire Fails as Houthis Continue Military Campaign

By MENASource

A new ceasefire in Yemen failed as clashes continued in the key areas of al-Lahj, Aden, and Taiz. The humanitarian truce, declared by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, was meant to begin on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. to allow for distribution of much needed aid supplies and fuel.