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Jun 26, 2015

Top News: Egypt Issues Scathing Statement on US State Department Human Rights Report

By EgyptSource

The US Department of State issued its 2014 Human Rights Report on Thursday. The Egypt report identifies the country’s most significant human rights issues as “excessive use of force by security forces, including unlawful killings and torture; the suppression of civil liberties, including societal and government restrictions on freedoms of expression and the press and […]

MENASource

Jun 26, 2015

Yemen’s Geneva Epitaph

By Adam Simpson and Jordan Lesser-Roy

The failure of Yemen’s UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva that began on June 15 is an unfortunate—but expected—result. Given the scope of the looming humanitarian crisis, understanding the recent derailment is critical to preventing Yemen from becoming a disaster that overtakes even the carnage in Syria.

Saudi Arabia Yemen

MENASource

Jun 26, 2015

EconSource: Iraqi Kurds Seek to Attract Investors Through Bond Sale

By EconSource

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is planning to raise cash through its first ever bond sale. The bond seeks to fill a gaping hole in the KRG’s finances due to weaker oil-sale revenues amid an increasingly costly battle with the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

MENASource

Jun 25, 2015

Top News: ISIS Storms Kobani and Hasaka in New Offensive

By MENASource

Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) fighters launched simultaneous attacks against the Syrian government in Hasaka and Kurdish militias in Kobani overnight. A Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) spokesman said ISIS entered Kobani from the west in five cars, deceptively flying the flag of the Free Syrian Army and then opened fire.

MENASource

Jun 25, 2015

Top News: ISIS-Inspired Video Shows Man Killed for Alleged Cooperation with Police

By EgyptSource

A Cairo-based terrorist group, called Revolutionary Punishment published on Wednesday a video depicting the killing of a man in Helwan, who was murdered for cooperating with the security services against protesters.

MENASource

Jun 25, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Arabia, France Sign Billions in Ship, Plane Deals

By EconSource

Saudi Arabia and France agreed Wednesday to sign $12 billion of deals, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubair said during a landmark visit by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.

MENASource

Jun 25, 2015

CPJ Says Imprisonment of Journalists in Egypt at “All-Time High”

By EgyptSource

There are at least sixteen journalists imprisoned in Egypt in relation to their reporting, according to a special report released Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Another two, the report says, have been released pending investigation.

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 24, 2015

From Smuggling to Trafficking: Is Irregular Migration from Egypt Changing for the Worse?

By Tom Rollins

The crisis unfolding in the Mediterranean has produced a slew of reporting on refugees and irregular migration from Egypt, a country witnessing a complex mix of push and pull factors as well as mixed migration flows, thought to have contributed around 10 percent of total migration flows bound for Europe last year, according to a […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 24, 2015

Top News: Anti-Houthi Forces Seize Saudi Border Town

By MENASource

Army forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled president seized a border crossing with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, officials in the area and witnesses said, dealing a rare blow to the country’s dominant Houthi group.

MENASource

Jun 24, 2015

Top News: Saudi Cables Suggest Links with Egyptian Media

By EgyptSource

Saudi diplomatic correspondence published by WikiLeaks shows Saudi officials offered or denied free trips to the kingdom to secure allies in the media or to punish those the government deemed critical, among them several Egyptian journalists.