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May 27, 2015

The New Old Wafd

By Nervana Mahmoud

Egypt’s oldest nationalist party, the Wafd Party, is facing a deep and challenging internal conflict. Despite intervention by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a new internal election, and a formal announcement that the crisis is over, the party’s internal problems are unlikely to heal soon. 

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MENASource

May 27, 2015

EconSource: Iraq About to Flood Oil Market in New Front of OPEC Price War

By EconSource

Iraq plans to boost crude oil exports by about 26 percent to a record 3.75 million barrels per day (bpd) next month, according to shipping programs, signaling an escalation of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) strategy to undercut US shale drillers in the current market rout.

MENASource

May 27, 2015

Top News: Egyptian Court Issues Second Death Sentence for Sinai Militant Habara

By EgyptSource

A terrorism department at Egypt’s Criminal Court sentenced late Tuesday Sinai-based militant Adel Habara and eight others to death on charges related to the killing of seven soldiers in an attack in the Nile Delta in early 2014.

MENASource

May 27, 2015

A Better Solution to the Kurdish Arms Issue

By Daniel R. DePetris

Should the United States arm the Kurdish Peshmerga directly, without the consent and participation of the government in Baghdad?

Iraq

MENASource

May 26, 2015

Top News: Egypt Court Acquits All Defendants in Sabbagh Protesters trial; General Prosecutor Appeals

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian court on Saturday acquitted seventeen people of violating a strict protest law earlier this year at a march commemorating a 2011 uprising, judicial sources said.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

May 26, 2015

Top News: Iraq Forces Launch Anbar Counteroffensive Against ISIS

By MENASource

Iraq on Tuesday announced the launch of a military operation to drive the Islamic State (ISIS and ISIL) out of the Anbar province.

MENASource

May 26, 2015

EconSource: Tobruk Airplanes Set Oil Tanker Ablaze Amid Political Strife in Libya

By EconSource

Warplanes belonging to Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tobruk have bombed an oil tanker at a port controlled by its rival government in Tripoli.

MENASource

May 26, 2015

Turkey’s Weakness in Iraq Tied to Weakness in Nujaifi

By Aaron Stein

The fall of Ramadi has prompted questions about the overarching US plan to degrade and defeat the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL). For neighboring Turkey, the plan remains deeply flawed, owing to the notion that ISIS’s defeat requires the toppling of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

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MENASource

May 22, 2015

Top News: President Obama Elevates Tunisia to Status of Non-NATO Ally

By MENASource

President Barack Obama elevated Tunisia to new allied status, promising financial and security assistance to ensure the North African country’s transition to democracy remains a success in a fragile region.

MENASource

May 22, 2015

Reem Maged versus the Government

By Khaled Dawoud

After a two year hiatus, outspoken television host Reem Maged returned to Egypt’s TV screens, hosting a new program in which she interviews inspirational Egyptian women. Her return was short-lived, with the show suspended after the airing of just two episodes. On May 15, Maged said that ONtv’s director informed her that the third episode […]

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