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Oct 23, 2014

Top News: Ajnad Misr Claims Wednesday’s Cairo University Blast

By EgyptSource

Ajnad Misr claimed responsibility for a blast at Cairo University Wednesday. The operation was part of a “Retribution is Life” campaign that targets “criminal,” security forces, the group said in a statement released on its Twitter account.

MENASource

Oct 23, 2014

EconSource: Libya’s Oil to Flow Despite Struggle Between Rival Governments

By EconSource

Common interest in maintaining oil revenues flowing is keeping Libya’s oil exports on track, while the struggle for control of Libya’s state-run energy sector between rival governments in Tripoli and the east continues.

MENASource

Oct 23, 2014

Tunisia’s Elections Amid a Middle East Cold War

By Youssef Cherif

With the Tunisian elections mere days away, political parties face a skeptical population fed-up with politics after a turbulent three years since the revolution that ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Short of resources for their electoral campaigns, parties search for their appropriate patrons as the country tries to fend off a deepening economic crisis.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 22, 2014

Top News: Explosion outside Cairo University injures ten

By EgyptSource

An explosion occurred in the vicinity of Cairo University on Wednesday, leaving 10 injured, reported state television. The blast, which occurred outside the university’s main gate, left four police officers, two conscripts and four citizens injured, state television reported, citing the ministry of interior.

MENASource

Oct 22, 2014

Syria’s Role in the Battle Against ISIS

By Frederic C. Hof

For over three years the Obama administration viewed the struggle for Syria as something well worth avoiding. Even as Assad-regime atrocities piled the bodies high and drove millions from their homes—enabling an aggressively murderous caliphate to arise in the east while Iran, Hezbollah, and their Syrian client solidified a grip on the west—the administration focused […]

Syria

MENASource

Oct 22, 2014

Top News: US Officials Float Plans for Active Troop Activity in Iraq, as Conflict in Anbar Escalates

By MENASource

US officials on Tuesday announced that any requests for additional military advisors in Iraq would considered. The move signals a dramatic departure from President Obama’s stance on keeping ground troops out of Iraq and paves way for an increase to the 1,400 military advisers and diplomatic security personnel currently deployed inside the country.

MENASource

Oct 22, 2014

EconSource: Egypt Will Fix the Economy but do not Expect Miracles

By EconSource

Egypt’s Prime Minister urged the Egyptians not to expect instant results from the large-scale infrastructure projects the government has started in order to create jobs and strengthen the economy. The Minister has been facing the arduous task to repair the country’s finances, which had suffered from political upheaval, street protests and militant violence.

MENASource

Oct 22, 2014

Libya: The Lesser of Two Evils

By Mohamed Eljarh

Benghazi has seen scores dead and many more injured during the third week of October in armed confrontations. Since October 15, the city has witnessed air strikes by air force jets loyal to retired General Khalifa Haftar, suicide bombings by Ansar al-Sharia against youth neighborhood night watch teams, and street fights between armed residents and […]

Libya

MENASource

Oct 21, 2014

Prospects for Judicial Reform in Egypt

By Yussef Auf

Of Egypt’s many state institutions, the judiciary has had a significant effect on—and was most affected by—the Egyptian revolution. Over the last three years, the Egyptian judiciary’s rulings and decisions has played an influential role in Egypt’s trajectory, prompting some to say that it was driving the transition. At the same time, the judiciary has […]

North Africa

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Oct 21, 2014

Top News: Libyan Parliament Allies with Haftar, Struggles to Assert Authority

By MENASource

Libya’s beleaguered House of Representatives, struggling to assert some authority, has declared a formal alliance with renegade former general Khalifa Haftar, who leads Operation Dignity in a campaign to rid Libya of Islamists.

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