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MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

To News: Raba’a Leaders Responsible for Sit-in’s Victims Says Fact-Finding Committee

By EgyptSource

A fact-finding committee formed to investigate events in Egypt since the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi announced on Wednesday that a total of 693 civilians and ten policemen died when security forces dispersed pro-Morsi sit-ins in greater Cairo on August 14, 2013.

MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

Targeting Assad: The Corrosive Split that Sidelined Hagel

By Peter Kirechu

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned the morning of November 24, his exit tied to irreconcilable disagreement with White House leadership on a variety of foreign policy issues of which the administration’s gloved response to Syria’s Assad certainly featured.

Syria

MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

Top News: Death Toll in Regime Airstrikes on Raqqa Rises to Ninety-Five

By MENASource

The death toll from a series of Syrian government airstrikes on the Islamic State in Iraq and al-sham (ISIS) stronghold in northeastern Syria has risen to at least ninety-five, making it one of the deadliest attacks on the city of Raqqa in the past three years.

MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

EconSource: Libya’s Rival Oil Minister Wants to Attend OPEC Meeting

By EconSource

Libya’s rival government wants to send its oil minister to the OPEC summit in Vienna and has announced that it will refuse to comply with any decisions if it is denied access to the summit. The decision on allowing the rival oil minister attendance to the OPEC summit is a difficult decision for the international […]

MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

Militarizing Egypt’s Trials

By Sonia Farid

While the military trials of civilians are nothing new in Egypt, the circumstances in which Egyptians can be brought before these courts have seen a worrying expansion. From January to September 2011 alone, estimates place the number of Egyptians who faced military trials under the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) at 12,000. A new […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 25, 2014

Top News: Libya’s Rival Prime Minister Could Ban UN Envoy, Complicating Peace Talks

By MENASource

Libya’s rival government in Tripoli, led by Omar al-Hassi, may forbid UN Special Representative Bernardino Leon from entering territory it controls, a move that could make it harder to negotiate an end to the current political crisis.

MENASource

Nov 25, 2014

Top News: Egypt Minister Warns of Lethal Force ahead of November 28 Protests

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s interior minister has warned that his forces can use deadly force to counter any assault against public facilities in a message coming just ahead of a planned protest by Islamist group, the Salafi Front, on November 28. Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said Tuesday, forces will use “all means,” including the use of firearms, in […]

MENASource

Nov 25, 2014

EconSource: Morocco spends $8 billion dollars to face military and terrorism threats

By EconSource

According to a report from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) on the economic cost of violence to the world economy, Morocco’s violence-related costs constitute 4.6 percent of the country’s GDP, equivalent to $8.375 billion dollars. Morocco was ranked 81 out of 152 countries in terms of expenditure on violence.

MENASource

Nov 25, 2014

Political Islam’s Fate in Egypt Lies in the Hands of the Courts

By Yussef Auf

The events of July 3, 2013 that ended with former President Mohamed Morsi’s ouster, brought with them a concerted effort to remove Islamists not just from rule but from political life altogether. This stands in stark contrast with the opening of Egypt’s political space to many new political currents and groups in 2011, arguably the […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 24, 2014

Top News: Tunisians Hold First Post-Revolution Presidential Elections

By MENASource

Tunisians voted on Sunday to pick their first directly elected president, with Interim president Moncef Marzouki and Nidaa Tounes party leader Beji Caid Essebsi touted as the favorites in a field of more than twenty-five candidates. Official results were yet to be announced, but shortly after polls closed, Nidaa Tounes and Ennahda party officials said […]