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Apr 22, 2015

Top News: Saudi-Led Coalition Resumes Airstrikes After Announcing Their End

By MENASource

Hours after Saudi announced the end to the first phase of fighting in Yemen, Houthi fighters captured the compound of an army brigade loyal to the government in Yemen’s central city of Taiz following heavy fighting.

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Apr 22, 2015

Top News: Morsi Faces New Charges Related to Raba’a al-Adaweya Sit-in

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s former ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was given fifteen days of detention on Tuesday over new charges related to a massive sit-in held by his supporters after his ouster in 2013. Along with other defendants, Morsi is charged with inciting his supporters to commit murder, demonstrate and disturb the public peace.

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Apr 22, 2015

The Kurdish Impact on Turkey’s Democratic Development

By Aaron Stein

In the past few weeks, Turkey’s major political parties have ramped up their campaign for the June 2015 national election. After years of electoral dominance, numerous polls suggest that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) may lose seats.

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Apr 22, 2015

EconSource: Egypt Requests New $300 Million World Bank Loan for Health Sector

By EconSource

The Egyptian government is negotiating with the World Bank to receive a new loan of $300 million to support health care in government hospitals, through the provision of medical equipment and removal of ineffective drugs.

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Apr 21, 2015

The Obama Doctrine and the Middle East: Problems and Prospects

By Nabeel Khoury

President Barack Obama, in his interview with Tom Friedman on April 5, was at his intellectual best. He convincingly explained the framework agreement with Iran while stressing serious strategic disagreement with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamene’i. Tom Friedman, in turn, was at his diplomatic best, trying to nudge the President into crafting an Obama doctrine […]

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Apr 21, 2015

Egypt’s Ex-President Morsi Sentenced to Twenty years in Prison

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to twenty years in prison and a five year parole on Tuesday. He was convicted on charges of inciting violence, arresting protesters and physically abusing them, outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace in December 2012.

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Apr 21, 2015

Top News: US Sends Warships to Block Iranian Ships in Yemeni Waters

By MENASource

In a stepped-up response to Iranian backing of Shia rebels in Yemen, the Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sailed to the waters off Yemen to beef up security to join other US ships to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels.

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Apr 21, 2015

EconSource: Iraq Oil Exports Slip So Far in April, Still Near Record

By EconSource

Iraq’s oil exports have slipped so far in April to 2.92 million barrels per day (bpd), according to loading data and industry sources, although shipments remain close to a record high. If sustained, Iraq’s exports this month will be just short of the record of 2.98 million bpd set in March.

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Apr 20, 2015

Top News: ISIS Shoots and Beheads Thirty Ethiopian Christians in Libya

By MENASource

A video purportedly made by the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about thirty Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

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Apr 20, 2015

Top News: Interior Ministry Threatens Legal Action Against Newspaper Amid Deaths in Custody

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s interior ministry said it would take “legal action” against what it said was an “unprofessional” news report in a private daily criticizing police practices, in a statement it released on Sunday. Al-Masry Al-Youm (AMAY) daily published on Sunday a seven-page series of reports highlighting what it described as the “coercive and arrogant” practices of police.