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Dec 5, 2014

Inflating the Salafi Threat in Jordan

By Sean Yom and Wael Al-Khatib

Jordan’s government-influenced media has declared the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) as an affront to Islam and human dignity and availed itself to the coalition fighting the militant group. Jordan hosts an undisclosed number of US troops and advisers, alongside drones and combat aircraft.

MENASource

Dec 4, 2014

EconSource: Tunisia Asks Libya for Cheaper Oil

By EconSource

Tunisia has asked Libyan authorities to supply oil at cheaper prices to help it cope with the influx of Libyans into the country. Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi said that Libyans are “guests” in Tunisia, not “refugees,” and expressed optimism about Libyans reaching a political settlement to their crisis. Until then, however, given the negative […]

MENASource

Dec 4, 2014

Top News: Tamarod, Sami Anan Political Parties Rejected

By EgyptSource

The Supreme Electoral Commission rejected on Wednesday the establishment of Tamarod’s Arab Popular Movement political party and former Chief of Staff Sami Anan’s Masr al-Orouba political party, based on provisions within the political parties law.

MENASource

Dec 4, 2014

Top News: ISIS Militants Establish Training Camps in Eastern Libya

By MENASource

A top US military commander confirmed Thursday that militants allied with the Islamic State have established training camps in eastern Libya. General David Rodriguez, Commander of US AFRICOM, told reporters that there were several militants identified at the camps but ruled out immediate military action targeting the identified locations.

MENASource

Dec 3, 2014

Top News: Tunisia’s Parliament Fails to Elect Speaker in Inaugural Session

By MENASource

Tunisia’s new parliament, the Assembly of People’s Representatives, held its first session on Tuesday but failed to elect a speaker and his two deputies after members voted to postpone the election to Thursday.

MENASource

Dec 3, 2014

Top News: Egypt to Criminalize Insulting Jan 25, June 30 Uprisings

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has said his office is drafting a law to criminalize insulting the uprisings that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and his Islamist successor Mohammed Morsi last year.

MENASource

Dec 3, 2014

Confrontation Escalates Between Brotherhood and Egypt’s Security

By Khaled Dawoud

When heavily armed police men raided on November 20 the home of Mohamed Ali Bishr, the only prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader left outside prison since the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi, experts differed on the real reasons behind the move. Many asked whether it marked the end of any possible reconciliation effort between President […]

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Dec 2, 2014

Top News: Egypt Prosecutor Appeals Mubarak Verdict, Cites Legal Flaws

By EgyptSource

Prosecutor-general Hisham Barakat has ordered an appeal against a court verdict that dropped charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising against ousted president Hosni Mubarak, and acquitted him of corruption charges.

MENASource

Dec 2, 2014

Top News: US Downplays Safe-Zone Proposal As Deliberations With Turkey Continue

By MENASource

The United States on Monday played down the idea of creating a buffer zone along the Syria-Turkish border after a media report cited it as a possible concession to Turkey in return for use of bases to launch attacks on Islamic State militants in Syria.

MENASource

Dec 2, 2014

Factbox: Everything You Need to Know About the Mubarak Verdict

By EgyptSource

On November 29, Cairo Criminal Court dropped Hosni Mubarak’s charges relating to the killing of protesters in January 2011. It also found him innocent of corruption and graft charges. Former interior minister Habib al-Adly, and Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were also found innocent of charges they faced. Below is a complete breakdown of […]

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