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MENASource

Dec 1, 2014

EconSource: Jordanian Government Likely to Seek Renewal of IMF Arrangement

By EconSource

The Jordanian government is likely to request an extension of the three-year stand-by arrangement (SBA) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which expires in August next year. The SBA enables Jordan exceptional access to $2 billion, representing 800 per cent of Jordan’s quota in the IMF.

MENASource

Dec 1, 2014

Top News: Two Dead in Protests as Mubarak Charges are Dropped

By EgyptSource

Two people died and nine were injured on Saturday night when security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators near Tahrir Square in central Cairo. The demonstrations came after a court dropped all charges against ousted president Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.

MENASource

Dec 1, 2014

Egypt’s Mubarak Trial a Sign of the Times

By MENASource

A judge looking into the case against Egypt’s thirty-year dictator and once reviled enemy of the January 25 revolution, Hosni Mubarak, dropped charges against him related to the deaths of more than 800 protesters during the ten-day uprising that led to his ouster.

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 29, 2014

The Mubarak Verdict: A Firsthand Account [Photo Essay]

By Jonathan Rashad

Three years after an uprising that ousted former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the verdict is in, and the “Mubarak trial” is over for now. The former dictator, facing charges relating to the deaths of over 800 protesters in 2011, could be free to walk. On November 29, the judge presiding over the case dropped the […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 26, 2014

The Unpredictability of the November 28 Protests

By Sarah El Sirgany

What initially started out as a call to protest that not many took notice of, the Salafi Front’s plans for mass protests on November 28, has slowly attracted more attention. This is in some part due to official warnings and vows of forceful confrontations, and is fueling concerns about violence on Egypt’s streets on Friday.

North Africa

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