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Jun 19, 2015

Top News: Britain Defends Invite to Sisi After Morsi Death Sentence

By EgyptSource

The British government on Thursday defended its plan to invite Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to visit, saying it was important to engage with countries and to raise “matters of concern.”

MENASource

Jun 19, 2015

Saudis Cannot See the Forest for the Houthis

By Adam Simpson

As Yemeni factions involved in the ongoing conflict entered talks in Geneva on June 15, prospects for a ceasefire look bleak as the Houthis and Saudis—by no means the only participants, but certainly the two most destructive actors—have intensified their attacks.

Saudi Arabia Yemen

MENASource

Jun 19, 2015

When Sectarian Conflict Finds a Local Solution, Copts Lose

By Jayson Casper

What is the value of a presidential visit to the papal cathedral for a seventy-year-old Copt driven from his village? What good are warm relations between Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Pope Tawadros if relations remain tense between Youssef Tawfiq and his Muslim neighbors?

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 19, 2015

EconSource: ISIS Imposes Fuel Blockade on Rebel-Held Northern Syria

By EconSource

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) is blocking oil sales to northern Syria, activists say, unleashing an economic weapon that could cause food shortages and hospital shutdowns. The blockade demonstrates how heavily dependent ISIS’s enemies are on the crude oil it produces.

MENASource

Jun 18, 2015

Top News: ISIS Expands into Yemen

By MENASource

At least thirty-one people were killed on Wednesday and dozens wounded in five simultaneous bombings claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) at Shia mosques and offices in Sana’a, medics and witnesses said.

MENASource

Jun 18, 2015

Top News: Foreign Ministry Defends Egypt’s Judiciary From Foreign Criticism Over Death Sentences

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s foreign affairs ministry on Wednesday said it rejected some countries “offending the Egyptian judiciary,” following mass death sentences on Tuesday against over 100 defendants including ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

MENASource

Jun 18, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Arabia to Discuss Broad Oil Cooperation Agreement with Russia

By EconSource

The oil ministers of Russia and Saudi Arabia plan to discuss a broad cooperation agreement today at an economic forum in St. Petersburg.

MENASource

Jun 17, 2015

Protecting Refugees in Protracted Emergencies in the Middle East

By Bill Frelick

Um Ghassan was eleven in 1948 when her family fled Haifa. They joined the Palestinian exodus to Jordan, and later moved to Syria. “They welcomed us like we were their relatives,” she said. Decades later, when fighting broke out in Syria in 2011, Um Ghassan initially stayed in her house. “I would never leave my […]

Iraq Libya

MENASource

Jun 17, 2015

Fading Christianity in Syria and Iraq

By Knox Thames

The quagmires of Syria and Iraq have forced millions to flee, both internally displaced people and new refugees escaping across borders. The international community is failing to meet their needs, with UN agencies announcing cuts in food programs due to a lack of funds.

Iraq Syria

MENASource

Jun 17, 2015

The NDP Building Demolition: Erasing a Memory or Moving On?

By Joel Gulhane

When looters on January 28, 2011 raided the National Democratic Party (NDP) headquarters, a symbol of decades of repression overseen by President and party leader Hosni Mubarak, one man carried out a couch, said Ahmed, a witness to the spectacle.

North Africa