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MENASource

Jul 27, 2015

Top News: Prime Minister Extends North Sinai Curfew for Three Months

By EgyptSource

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has extended for three months a curfew in North Sinai, according to a decree issued in the government’s official gazette on Saturday.

MENASource

Jul 27, 2015

EconSource: Foreign Investment in Arab States Dropped 8 Percent in 2014

By EconSource

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Arab states dropped 8 percent in 2014 with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia attracting close to half the total funds, a report by the Kuwait-based Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation says.

MENASource

Jul 24, 2015

Islamist Media in a Post-Morsi World

By Basil El-Dabh

On the evening of July 3, 2013, then Minister of Defense Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivered the speech that would permanently change the trajectory of Egypt. Egyptian satellite channel Misr25 broadcast the speech along with all channels in the country.

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 24, 2015

Top News: Turkish President Confirms US Use of Incirlik Air Base; Turkish Warplanes Pound ISIS positions

By MENASource

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed Friday that Turkey has agreed to let the US military carry out air strikes against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) from the Incirlik air base in eastern Turkey. The use of Incirlik air base, which is 250 miles from Raqqa, will put anti-ISIS aircraft much closer to ISIS […]

MENASource

Jul 24, 2015

Top News: Italian Defense Minister Pledges Support for Egypt’s Fight Against Terrorism

By EgyptSource

The Italian Defense Minister told visiting Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Friday that her country would support Cairo in its battle with terrorism. ”

MENASource

Jul 24, 2015

EconSource: Egypt to Sign Four Agreements with Italy

By EconSource

During his visit to Italy for the Expo Milano 2015, Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab announced that Egypt will sign four agreements with Italy in the electricity, oil and petroleum, and industrial sectors.

MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

Turkey’s Returning Fighter Problem

By Aaron Stein

On Tuesday July 20, Şeyh Abdurrahman Alagöz allegedly detonated a suicide vest in the Kurdish majority town of Suruç, killing thirty-two members of a leftist organization linked to the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP).

Syria Turkey

MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

Top News: Turkey Deploys Special Forces Along Syria Border; Turkish Soldier Killed by Fire From Syria

By MENASource

The Turkish military deployed dozens of troops from the Special Forces Command “Maroon Berets” along the Syrian border on Wednesday evening. The troops were deployed along the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis as well as the provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Sanlirfa, and Mardin, all of which are close to areas of Syria under Islamic State (ISIS […]

MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

Egypt’s Ministry of Endowments and the Fight Against Extremism

By Tarek Radwan

Since the rapid expansion of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) into Syria and Iraq, global leaders have struggled to understand the nature of support for extremist groups from local and international youth. ISIS affiliates have sprung up across the Middle East, including in Egypt where the government has waged a low intensity war with […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

EconSource: Algeria Cuts Spending, Sees Energy Revenues Falling 50 Percent This Year

By EconSource

Algeria will cut spending in its 2015 budget by 1.35 percent, the government announced, as it expects a slump in oil prices to reduce its energy earnings by 50 percent.