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Dec 19, 2014

ISIS’s Governance Crisis (Part I): Economic Governance

By Mona Alami

Last summer, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIl or ISIS) consolidated its control over large swaths of Syrian and Iraqi territory. The terrorist nebula has seen a rapid transformation, consolidating its grip through recruitment, fear, and the imposition of social policy in an attempt at governance.

Iraq Syria

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Dec 19, 2014

The Students: The Untold Details of the Al-Jazeera Trial

By Mohannad Sabry

On the first day of the Al-Jazeera trial, the prosecutor read the names of twenty defendants. It included three journalists, Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, as well as three college students, Khaled Abdelraouf, Suhaib Saad, and Shadi Abdelhamid. According to all six defendants, the first time they met was behind the bars of […]

North Africa

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Dec 19, 2014

Top News: Obama Raises Concerns with Sisi; New US Ambassador Arrives in Egypt

By EgyptSource

The White House says President Barack Obama has voiced concern to Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi over mass trials and the imprisonment of journalists and peaceful activists in Egypt.

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

Top News: Top ISIS Militants Killed in Airstrikes; More US Troops Headed to Iraq

By MENASource

US-led air strikes against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq have killed three of the militant group’s top leaders but not senior commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, US officials said on Thursday. Among those killed was Abd al-Basit, whom officials described as the group’s military chief and Haji Mutazz, a deputy to Baghdadi.

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

EconSource: United Nations Seeks $8.4 Billion for Syrians

By EconSource

The United Nations is seeking $8.4 billion to help the millions of victims of the Syrian conflict in 2015. For the first time, the request at Berlin’s donor meeting included development aid for communities seeking refuge in neighboring countries.

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

Last Call for Tunisia’s Presidential Elections [Video/Audio Presentation]

By MENASource

Tunisians will cast their ballots in the runoff presidential election between interim-President Moncef Marzouki and Nidaa Tounes leader Beji Caid Essebsi this weekend on December 21. The landmark vote will close the first chapter of a delicate political transition, but perhaps more importantly, will mark the beginning of real governance challenges.

North Africa

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Dec 19, 2014

Tunisia: Next President, Hard Choices

By Naim Ameur

With no candidate having won a majority in the first round of presidential elections held last month, Tunisia will hold a run-off on December 21 between frontrunners Beji Caid Essebsi, leader of Nidaa Tounes, and interim President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki.

North Africa

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Dec 19, 2014

The Recent Drop in Crude Prices Means Big Savings for Egypt

By Alfred Jasins and Brendan Meighan

The government’s budget may see some much needed relief in the near future as oil prices on the international market have fallen precipitously. The decline coincides with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s attempts to unwind crippling energy subsidies that have driven up government deficits and debt, drained foreign currency reserves, and strained relationships with international oil […]

North Africa

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Dec 18, 2014

Syria: Hope for De-Escalation

By Frederic C. Hof

Hope springs eternal in the Obama administration that a Deus ex machina in the form of a diplomatic process producing military de-escalation and Syrian political transition will enter unbidden from stage left and relieve the West of any obligation to counter the Assad regime’s systematic program of mass murder.  President Barack Obama, quite properly, has […]

Syria

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Dec 18, 2014

Top News: HEC Issues Regulations for Election Observation

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s High Elections Commission (HEC) issued on Wednesday regulations governing civil society’s observation of upcoming parliamentary elections.