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Feb 9, 2015

When Will They Announce the Death of the Arabs?

By Nabeel Khoury

President Barack Obama’s dilemma is understandable. The man has a serious allergy to the mess that is the Middle East and he made it clear from the beginning of his first term that he has other priorities, both domestic and international, on which to spend time and treasure.

Middle East

MENASource

Feb 9, 2015

EconSource: Oil Price Decline to Lose Yemen $500 million

By EconSource

According to the Yemeni Undersecretary of the Finance Ministry, the Yemeni state budget will lose $359 million this year if the oil price remained at $65 a barrel. With prices at $50 per barrel, the total loss of Yemen will be nearly $504 million. The government’s share of crude oil is estimated at 38 million […]

MENASource

Feb 7, 2015

Who Are Egypt’s New Governors?

By EgyptSource

Several university professors, two judges, three generals, a former columnist, and several government officials are among the seventeen new Egyptian governors who were sworn in on February 7 in the first governor reshuffle since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to office.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 6, 2015

Top News: Egypt’s foreign ministry slams reaction against recent life sentences

By MENASource

Egypt’s foreign ministry criticized on Friday the reaction of some countries and organizations against the life sentences handed to 230 defendants, including political activist Ahmed Douma, describing them as “unacceptable interference in the work of the Egyptian judiciary and disrespect to its rulings.”

MENASource

Feb 6, 2015

Top News: Egyptian Military Kills Twenty-Seven Militants in Sinai

By EgyptSource

Military air strikes killed twenty-seven Islamic militants, and injured at least twenty others, in Egypt’s Northern Sinai on Friday in one of the biggest security operations in the region in months, security sources said. Apache helicopters targeted militants from Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which pledges allegiance to Islamic State. 

MENASource

Feb 6, 2015

EconSource: New Tunisian PM Promises Growth, Reform, and New Hope

By EconSource

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid promised quick reforms to stimulate growth as he took office on Friday at the head of a coalition government combining secular and Islamist parties. The new government faces pressure from its international lenders to curb high public spending, including by cutting politically sensitive subsidies on basic foods and fuel. Jobs, […]

MENASource

Feb 6, 2015

Libya’s Geneva Talks and the Search for Peace

By Mohamed Eljarh

In Libya, basic services face the prospect of complete collapse as the country’s financial situation spirals out of control. The minister health of the internationally recognized government in the eastern city of al-Beida has warned of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, worse than that witnessed during the war against the Qaddafi regime in 2011.

Libya

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Feb 5, 2015

The Picture around Shaimaa

By Yasmin El-Rifae

On January 29, five days after Shaimaa el-Sabbagh was killed as police dispersed a peaceful protest in downtown Cairo, a group of women gathered at the site of her death. They were there to protest the brutality and impunity of the Egyptian police. The protest was small, with no more than seventy women taking part.

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MENASource

Feb 5, 2015

Top News: Parties in Yemen strike deal; Presidential council formed

By MENASource

Most Yemeni factions have agreed to set up an interim presidential council to manage the country for up to one year.

MENASource

Feb 5, 2015

Top News: US and EU Condemn Mass Life-in-prison Sentences in “Cabinet Clashes” Trial

By EgyptSource

The United States and the European Union condemned the mass sentencing of 230 defendants, including political activist Ahmed Douma, to life in prison in the “cabinet clashes” trial on Wednesday. State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in a press briefing on Wednesday its government was “deeply troubled” by the verdict. The EU said the […]

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