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Nov 5, 2014

Top News: UN Reviews Egypt’s Human Rights Record

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s human rights record came under fire on Wednesday during a United Nations meeting reviewing the country’s record for the first time since the 2011 ouster of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

MENASource

Nov 5, 2014

Top News: ISIS Militants Capitalize on Gains in Northern Iraq, Approach KRG Capital

By MENASource

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has continued to gain ground in northern Iraq despite weeks of US-led air strikes, and is now moving closer to the Iraqi-Kurdish city of Irbil. ISIS fighters are battling Kurdish volunteer troops in the town of al-Kuwayr, southwest of Irbil.

MENASource

Nov 5, 2014

EconSource: Moroccan Exports to Increase by MAD 8.4 billion in 2015

By EconSource

According to officials from the global credit insurance company Euler Hermes, Moroccan exports will increase by 8.4 billion dirhams to reach 240 billion dirhams in late 2015. Overall, the Moroccan economy is expected to do well in 2015 with forecasts of a 4.2 percent growth due to  household consumption and business investment.

MENASource

Nov 5, 2014

Why Training Is Still More Important Than Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq

By Daniel DePetris

More than two months into the US and coalition air campaign, Obama administration officials and members of the US military’s senior leadership are confident that “Operation Inherent Resolve” is having the intended effect against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

Syria

MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

Will a Change in the Senate Lead to a Change in Syria Policy?

By Jason T. Hunt

As Americans flock to the polls today, predictions increasingly favor Republicans to win the 2014-midterm elections. Although Democrats hold out hope to retain control of the Senate, the odds in Republicans’ favor encourage serious thought about how the policy choices of a Republican Senate may or may not differ from the policies of today’s Democratic […]

Syria

MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

Top News: US Officials Mull Expanded Campaign Against the Nusra Front

By MENASource

US officials are weighing whether to broaden the air campaign in Syria to strike the Nusra Front after militants from the al-Qaeda linked group swept through towns and villages controlled by the Free Syrian Army and other US-backed groups in Idlib province, west of Aleppo.

MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

Top News: Egypt, Gulf Arab Allies Eye Anti-Militant Alliance

By EgyptSource

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility of a joint force to intervene around the Middle East.

MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

EconSource: Jordan’s Economy Continues to Recover

By EconSource

Jordan’s economy appears to continue to recover from its near economic crisis in 2012, despite the worsening regional context. Real GDP growth for the first half of 2014 rose to 3.0 percent, compared with 2.8 percent in 2013. The authorities are continuing to implement the national reform agenda with the support from the International Monetary Fund […]

MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

What Went Wrong in Idlib?

By Faysal Itani

Last week, Syria’s mainstream opposition suffered a major defeat in its heartland of Idlib province, northern Syria. The al-Qaeda-aligned Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN) captured several key towns from the US-backed Syrian Revolutionaries Front and Harakat al Hazm, with some fighters defecting to JAN.

Syria

MENASource

Nov 3, 2014

Ennahda Loses in Tunisia: What Comes Next?

By Duncan Pickard and Daniel Tavana

The transfer of power has been a confounding challenge in modern Arab politics. Tunisia’s success is again the exception. Last year, Tunisia’s Ennahda became the first Islamist party in the Arab world to step down peacefully, part of a package compromise with secular opposition parties to adopt the constitution.

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