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Dec 23, 2014

Top News: Syrian government approves transport of medical supplies into Aleppo

By MENASource

The Syrian government has approved the delivery of medicine and surgical supplies into Aleppo and the Damascus suburbs of Muadamiya and Eastern Ghouta, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.

MENASource

Dec 23, 2014

Egypt Turns to Youth to Augment Security Forces

By Joel Gulhane

Egypt’s police force is to be bolstered by a new round of young recruits as per a decree issued by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. In amending the Police Authority Act, he has also granted this new rank the power of arrest. 

North Africa

MENASource

Dec 23, 2014

Top News: Sisi Ratifies Constituencies Law; Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr Shuts Down; China, Egypt Sign Strategic Partnership

By EgyptSource

On the same day he left to China for political and economic talks, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi ratified an anticipated electoral constituencies law, the final prerequisite for holding parliamentary elections, which would conclude the country’s transitional roadmap.

MENASource

Dec 23, 2014

Tunisia’s New Beginning

By Lara Talverdian

2014 has been a big year for Tunisia. Tunisians embarked upon a national dialogue process, drafted and approved a progressive new constitution, and have successfully held three elections in as many months. With the presidential runoff held Sunday, December 21, the country has voted in a full, post-revolutionary government. The historic day marked the technical […]

North Africa

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Dec 23, 2014

Empowering Entrepreneurship in Morocco and Beyond

By Yasmine El Baggari

With more than half of the Arab world under the age of twenty-five, countries in the Middle East and North Africa face unique challenges in addressing the problems of unemployment, inequality, and poverty. Morocco in particular has an opportunity to embrace and meet the youth’s expectations by providing tools, information, and support not only to […]

Morocco

MENASource

Dec 22, 2014

Sinai and The Marginalization of Egyptian Society

By Amr Hamzawy

States enjoy stability when they ensure justice, when they respect the principles of the rule of law, the transfer of power, and equal citizenship, and when they uphold guarantees for human rights and individual and collective freedoms.  Societies experience progress when they are peaceful and tolerant and when they unleash the energy and potential of […]

North Africa

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Dec 22, 2014

Top News: Military intervention may be only alternative if diplomatic efforts fail

By MENASource

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has said that he is unable to rule out the possibility of international military intervention in Libya if ongoing diplomatic efforts for dialogue fail to bear fruit.

MENASource

Dec 22, 2014

Top News: Qatar Gives ‘Full Support’ to Egypt; US Delivers Apaches; Egypt Appoints New Intelligence Chief

By EgyptSource

Qatar has pledged its “full support” to Egypt, an official statement said, ending more than a year of regional isolation over its support for Cairo’s ousted Islamist president.

MENASource

Dec 22, 2014

EconSource: Oil Prices to Save Egypt EGP30 billion in Subsidies

By EconSource

According to the Egyptian minister of petroleum, the global drop in oil prices will save Egypt a third of its fuel subsidy bill in the current fiscal year. As a result, fuel subsidies will drop to about EGP70 billion ($9.7 billion) in the fiscal year ending June 2015, down from EGP100 billion originally planned.

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

2015: The Year of the Syrian People

By Frederic C. Hof

2014, like the three years preceding it, was a year of horror, terror, and hardship for millions of Syrians, the overwhelming majority of whom—Arab and Kurdish, Sunni, Alawite, Christian, Druze, Ismaili, and Shia—were innocent victims of heartless, criminal violence: most, though not all, orchestrated by Bashar al-Assad and his clan-based regime.

Syria