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Dec 16, 2014

Rewriting Libya’s Post-Revolution Narrative

By Lydia Sizer

Since the ouster of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, the United States and its allies have pressed the society he divided to engage in dialogue necessary for durable peace and national unity. Respected Libyans have tried to advance such efforts; however, instead of pursuing opportunities for mutual benefit, rival factions compete to control the country’s post-revolution […]

Libya

MENASource

Dec 15, 2014

Searching for Youth to Save Education

By Jayson Casper

Egypt has a youth problem. According to official statistics, 31 percent of the population is under the age of 14, and 24 percent of the population is between 18 and 29. Integrating them into the social and political fabric of society is expected to be challenging, especially given the raised expectations of the revolution. Egypt […]

North Africa

MENASource

Dec 15, 2014

EconSource: Oil Prices Require Revising Jordan’s 2015 Draft Budget

By EconSource

Due to the continuing slide of oil prices budget planners in Amman may need to change key assumptions in next year’s government spending bill currently under debate at the Lower House Finance Committee.

MENASource

Dec 15, 2014

Top News: Egypt Sends 439 to Military Trials over Violence

By EgyptSource

The Egyptian prosecution referred on Saturday 439 defendants to the military judiciary over violence which followed the deadly dispersal of two pro-Mohamed Morsi camps in August 2013.

MENASource

Dec 15, 2014

Top News: UN Struggles to Move Aid Inside Syria as EU Leaders Advance Ceasefire Agenda in Brussels

By MENASource

Aid workers report that minimal progress has been made in delivering aid to thousands of besieged residents. They have called for the UN Security Council to renew a resolution that permits the UN to move more aid through four border crossings in Turkey, Jordan, and Iraq without the regime’s approval, but deteriorating security conditions are […]

MENASource

Dec 15, 2014

Syria: The Diplomatic Placebo

By Frederic C. Hof

Ambassador Brett McGurk, the deputy to anti-Islamic State (anti-ISIS or -ISIL) coalition coordinator General John Allen, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on December 10, “We do not see a situation in which the [nationalist] rebels are able to remove Assad from power … It will have to be a diplomatic process.”

Syria

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Dec 12, 2014

Egypt’s New Terrorism Law

By Ryan J. Suto

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al Sisi approved a new terrorism law earlier this month. While disturbing, the law is not surprising when viewed in the context of Egypt’s consistent rhetoric of its war against terror. With the Egyptian militant organization Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis recently pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), […]

North Africa

MENASource

Dec 12, 2014

Top News: US Congressional Leaders Authorize New Powers For the US-led Anti-ISIS Fight

By MENASource

US lawmakers on Thursday passed a sweeping defense bill, including a new congressional authorization for President Barack Obama’s ongoing campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. The new war powers measure will be limited to three years and would require the administration to report on the fight against the Islamic state every sixty days.

MENASource

Dec 12, 2014

Top News: Mansoura Court Accepts Appeal on FGM Verdict

By EgyptSource

The Mansoura Misdemeanor Court has accepted the appeal submitted by prosecutors in the case in which a doctor brought to trial on charges of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was acquitted.

MENASource

Dec 11, 2014

Top News: Congress Expected to Adopt Bill Allowing Release of Military Aid to Egypt

By MENASource

The long-term spending bill that Congress is expected to adopt this week would allow the State Department to resume military aid to Egypt despite ongoing concerns with the country’s human rights record.