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Nov 17, 2014

What’s Happening with US Military Aid to Egypt, Part II: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Foreign Military Financing for Egypt

By Amy Hawthorne

Appropriations laws, which fund US federal government operations and programs such as foreign assistance, are byzantine documents to be sure.  But they matter a lot in US-Egypt ties because of the central role that aid, especially military aid, plays in the relationship.  The 2014 appropriations law includes democracy conditions on Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 17, 2014

EconSource: Yemen’s Inflation Hits One-Year High

By EconSource

According to released official data, Yemen’s annual inflation rate reached its one-year high of 10 percent in August, while central bank reserves fell further in September. The frequent bombings of oil pipelines have hurt oil revenues and the central bank’s gross foreign asset reserves fell to $5.1 billion in September. Crude oil exports, accounting together […]

MENASource

Nov 17, 2014

Moving from Words to Action in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

In his Brisbane, Australia press conference at the end of the G20 summit, President Barack Obama sought, through a simple rhetorical expedient, to put an end to rumors that the United States would collaborate with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as […]

Syria

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Nov 14, 2014

Top News: ISIS and Nusra Reach Accord in Syria

By MENASource

Militant leaders from ISIS and the Nusra Front gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, according to a high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander. ISIS and Nusra, which is al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, have […]

MENASource

Nov 14, 2014

Yes, Libya Can Still Be Saved

By Mustafa A.G. Abushagur and Karim Mezran

The Constitutional Chamber of the Libyan Supreme Court ruled on November 6 the invalidity of the seventh amendment of the Constitutional Declaration, containing what is known as the February Commission’s proposals, which was approved by General National Congress on March 11, 2014.

Libya

MENASource

Nov 14, 2014

Top News: Ministry of Social Solidarity Launches Funding Hashtag; Says Only Seventeen NGOs Registered before Deadline

By EgyptSource

On Thursday, the ministry of social solidarity launched a hashtag on social media sites. The hashtag is titled, “To protect our society, it’s our right to know civil society organizations’ sources of funding.”

MENASource

Nov 14, 2014

EconSource: Rising Unemployment Hits Young Moroccans

By EconSource

According to a government report by the High Commission for Planning, unemployment in Morocco rose during the latest quarter bringing the total national figure to 1.14 million. Unemployment rose from 9.1 percent to 9.6 percent nationwide. The biggest increase occurred among youth between 15 and 24 in both urban and rural areas. Mohamed Boussaid, the […]

MENASource

Nov 13, 2014

A Way Out for Libya

By H.A. Hellyer

The Libyan quagmire has worsened. Last week, the country’s Supreme Court compromised the standing of portions of the elections law that led to the instituting of Libya’s elected parliament, the House of Representatives.

Libya

MENASource

Nov 13, 2014

Top News: Obama Orders New Syria Policy Review

By MENASource

President Barack Obama has asked his national security team for another review of Syria policy after realizing that ISIS may not be defeated without a political transition in Syria and the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, senior US officials and diplomats told CNN.

MENASource

Nov 13, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s Sisi Decrees Law on Repatriating Foreign Prisoners

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree on Wednesday giving him the authority to transfer non-Egyptian defendants on trial or already convicted to be sent to their countries to be tried or serve their sentences.