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Nov 7, 2014

Top News: Washington Weighs Sanctions on Libyan Factions to Try to Halt Proxy War

By MENASource

The United States is considering imposing unilateral sanctions on Libya’s combative factions in an effort to pressure militants to negotiate and prevent a proxy conflict from erupting into a full-blown civil war.

MENASource

Nov 7, 2014

Top News: US Rights Organizations Urge Obama to Take Stand against Egypt’s NGO Law

By EgyptSource

Eleven US based organizations and individuals wrote a letter to US President Barack Obama on Friday urging him to “engage preventively and use all available means to make clear to President al-Sisi that there will be serious consequences if there is a further crackdown on NGOs.”

MENASource

Nov 7, 2014

EconSource: Tunisia-EU agreement to Boost Access to Markets

By EconSource

According to the director-general of the Tunisian Institute for Consumers’ Rights, Tunisia and the European Union have signed a commercial agreement regulating market access, quality and consumers’ rights. The agreement is expected to boost Tunisian exports towards European countries.

MENASource

Nov 6, 2014

ISIS and Egypt’s Militants

News sources recently announced that Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM), Egypt’s most active and seemingly best organized terrorist organization that has conducted several successful attacks on state security assets, had formally pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 6, 2014

Top News: Egypt Considers Media Gag on Military News; Four Killed in Nile Delta Blast

By EgyptSource

The State Council’s legislative department received Wednesday a draft law submitted by the Cabinet that would ban news relating to Egypt’s armed forces. 

MENASource

Nov 6, 2014

EconSource: Libya Infighting Shuts Down Major Oil Field

By EconSource

Libyan oil production is expected to fall to 200,000 barrels/day from 800,000 barrels/day following an attack on an oil field. The country’s major oilfield, El Sharara, had to be shut down after militants attacked and seized the field.

MENASource

Nov 5, 2014

The Islamic State and the Internationalization of the Sinai Conflict

By Zack Gold

The Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) is one of the most active “unaffiliated” jihadi groups, having yet to pledge fealty to either the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) or al-Qaeda (AQ). Given its strategic position between Egypt’s Nile Valley and Israel, and its attacks against both, the group’s activities receive major international coverage—even […]

North Africa

MENASource

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.