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Jan 9, 2015

Top News: Suspect in Charlie Hebdo Attack Trained in Yemen

By MENASource

One of two brothers suspected of carrying out the deadly shooting at a French satirical weekly visited Yemen in 2011 to train with al-Qaeda affiliated militants, US and European sources close to the investigation said on Thursday.

MENASource

Jan 9, 2015

Top News: Egypt to Hold Parliamentary Elections Starting March 22, 23

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s top election committee said on Thursday that parliamentary elections will take place in two stages in March and April. Head of the Higher Elections Committee (HEC), Ayman Abbas said the first stage of the vote will take place March 21 to 22 for expats and 22 to 23 for residents in Egypt. 

MENASource

Jan 9, 2015

Sisi’s Visit to Coptic Cathedral Cements Alliance with Egypt’s Christian Minority

By Khaled Dawoud

Without any prior announcement, and only a few hours after his return from an official two-day visit to Kuwait, President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi further won the hearts and minds of the country’s Coptic Christian minority when he became the first Egyptian president to attend the mass celebrating Eastern Orthodox Christmas on January 6.

North Africa

MENASource

Jan 9, 2015

EconSource: Egypt’s urban consumer price inflation rises to 10.1 percent

By EconSource

According to Egypt’s official statistics agency CAPMAS, urban consumer inflation rose to an annual 10.1 percent in December from 9.1 percent the previous month. Inflation spiked after the government slashed energy subsidies in July but fell in November from a peak of 11.8 percent in October. The central bank has kept interest rates steady after […]

MENASource

Jan 8, 2015

Lebanese Visa Restrictions Set Significant Precedent for Syrian Refugees

By MENASource

In an interview with the New Atlanticist, Faysal Itani, a fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, argues that the Lebanese government’s decision to impose visa restrictions on Syrian refugees sets a “significant precedent.”

Middle East Syria

MENASource

Jan 8, 2015

Top News: Nusra Front Militants Blow Up 13th Century Muslim Tomb in Southern Syria

By MENASource

Reports from Syrian state news agency SANA and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claim that Nusra Front militants have blown up the 13th century tomb of the revered Islamic scholar Imam al-Nawawi in Nawa City near the Jordanian border, a town captured by groups fighting the Syrian government in November. 

MENASource

Jan 8, 2015

Top News: Egypt Court Sets April 21 for Verdict in Morsi Ittihadeya Trial

By EgyptSource

Cairo Criminal Court has set April 21 as the date for the final verdict in one of the trials of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in which he faces murder charges, a judicial source said Thursday.

MENASource

Jan 8, 2015

Abadi’s First 100 Days

By Daniel R. DePetris

Before Haider al-Abadi, a senior Dawa Party technocrat known for his collegial and consensual demeanor, catapulted to the prime minister’s office, there was a strong case to be made that the Iraq as we knew it was quickly coming apart at the seams.  The Iraqi army (the same army that was built, trained, and maintained […]

Iraq

MENASource

Jan 7, 2015

Top News: Sisi First Egyptian President to Attend Coptic Christmas Mass

By EgyptSource

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a quick appearance at Cairo’s Abbasseya Cathedral on Tuesday evening, making him the first Egyptian president to attend Christmas Eve mass.

MENASource

Jan 7, 2015

Top News: Car Bomb Kills Thirty-Five Outside Yemen Police College

By MENASource

A car bomb exploded outside a Yemeni police college in Sanaa on Wednesday, killing at least thirty-five people and wounding at least sixty-eight others, less than a week after a devastating suicide bombing south of the capital.