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Oct 15, 2014

Tunisia’s 2014 Elections: The Search for a Post-Transitional Order

By Haykel Ben Mahfoudh

Pursuant to the transitional provisions of Tunisia’s constitution, the Independent Higher Authority for Elections (ISIE) organized both the legislative and presidential elections to take place on October 26 and November 23, respectively.

North Africa

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Oct 14, 2014

Egypt’s Options in Dealing with the Libyan Crisis (Part III)

By Nader Bakkar

The previous article reviewed the likely reactions of two of the Arab states which neighbor Libya—Algeria and Tunisia—should a joint Arab intervention be proposed in order to put an end to the worsening crisis in Tripoli. Of the Arab states neighboring Libya, Sudan is the only one whose predicted reaction to a joint Arab intervention in […]

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Oct 14, 2014

Top News: Rights Group Says 127 Students Arrested in Past Three Days

By EgyptSource

  Egyptian universities started the new academic year on Saturday amid a tense atmosphere marked by condemnation and calls for protests.

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Oct 14, 2014

Top News: Benomar Warns of Yemen’s Fragility; Southerners Mark October 14 Revolution

By MENASource

UN Special Advisor to Yemen Jamal Benomar warned of implications of such violence for the country’s situation on Tuesday, telling reporters on the sidelines of a UN Security Council meeting that the transition process is in danger of collapse.

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Oct 14, 2014

The Week in Egypt [October 14, 2014]

By Shiyun Lu

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

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Oct 11, 2014

Maspero: An Eyewitness Account of the Memorial Protest

By Mina Fayek

On the third anniversary of the Maspero massacre, the Maspero Youth Union called for a silent candlelight vigil to commemorate the death of more than twenty-five peaceful protesters and to demand the prosecution of the perpetrators of the crime. In 2011, the predominantly Coptic crowd, protesting an attack on a church in Aswan, was attacked […]

North Africa

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Oct 10, 2014

Top News: ISIS Captures Kurdish Headquarters in Kobani

By MENASource

ISIS militants overran the headquarters of Kurdish forces defending the battleground Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab in Arabic) on Friday. Fierce fighting had raged for the complex throughout the morning after ISIS militants captured part of it used by the Kurds’ internal security force on Thursday.

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Oct 10, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s Universities Issue More Security Regulations Ahead of New Semester

By EgyptSource

University administrations are tightening their grip on student communities with an onslaught of new security measures as they prepare for the new academic year on October 11.

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Oct 10, 2014

Syria: A Problem In Search of a Strategy

By Frederic C. Hof

As matters now stand, the Obama administration sees the Syrian side of the anti-Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, or the Islamic State) military campaign in the context of a headquarters/safe-haven for an enemy whose main target is Iraq.

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Oct 10, 2014

Is Egypt Hurting or Helping Libya?

By EgyptSource

As Egypt simultaneously rejects foreign intervention in Libya’s internal affairs and inches ever closer into a partnership of assistance with its neighbor to the west, announcing its plans to train Libyan forces to fight terrorism. Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni’s recent visit to Cairo has served to further cement this partnership between an anti-Islamist Egyptian […]

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