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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).

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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 […]

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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.

MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

Top News: Egypt Court Sentences Mubarak-era Prime Minister to Five Years Over Graft

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced former prime minister under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Nazif, to five years jail over graft charges, toughening an earlier three-year sentence in a retrial. Nazif was also given a EGP 53.3 million fine in the corruption case dating to his tenure under Mubarak.

MENASource

Jul 22, 2015

A Win for Women in Egypt’s Courts

By Nancy Messieh and Suzanne Gaber

Last month, Egypt swore in twenty-six new female judges, in the largest appointment of women to the judiciary since 2007. This brings the total number of female judges in Egypt to around eighty. Shortly after his own swearing in, Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend had announced his intention to appoint a group of female judges in […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 22, 2015

Top News: Two Turkish Policemen Shot Dead Near Syrian Border, PKK Claims Attack

By MENASource

A Turkish official said two police officers were found shot dead in their home Wednesday morning in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Ceylanpinar. Militants in the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) released a statement shortly after the attack claiming responsibility and saying it was in retaliation for the suicide bombing that killed thirty-two people in Suruc on Monday.