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Oct 17, 2014

US Policy in Yemen: Shortsighted Focus Yields Limited Results

By MENASource

With a heavy reliance on shortsighted tactical strikes on terrorists, the US counterterrorism policy in Yemen ignores the underlying reasons that drive extremism and instability in the country.

Yemen

MENASource

Oct 17, 2014

Top News: 195 Students Arrested Across Egypt in First Five Days of New Semester

By EgyptSource

At least 195 university students were arrested across Egypt in the first week of the new semester, according to reports released by the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE).

MENASource

Oct 17, 2014

EconSource: Middle East Markets Swoon Along with US and Europe

By EconSource

With oil at its lowest price in four years, the Middle Eastern and North African markets have seen broad declines. The fall of oil prices has created fears among Middle Eastern investors whose economic fate is mainly based on the region’s oil revenues. The aggressive sell-off at the end of the trading week made Egypt’s […]

MENASource

Oct 17, 2014

US Military Aid to Egypt Dissected (Part I)

By MENASource

The Obama administration announced one year ago the suspension of military assistance to Egypt in the most aggressive leveraging of US aid to date for the sake of promoting a democratic transition. Sadly, this pressure has had no effect on the political trajectory in Egypt.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 16, 2014

What’s Happening with Suspended Military Aid for Egypt? Part I

By Amy Hawthorne

Last October, the Obama administration announced it was holding back four large-scale weapons systems purchased for Egypt, including 125 M1-A1 battle tank kits, twenty F-16 fighter jets, twenty Harpoon cruise missiles, and ten Apache attack helicopters.  It made their delivery contingent upon “credible progress toward an inclusive, democratically elected civilian government through free and fair elections.”  This […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 16, 2014

Dealing With Syria’s Fractious Opposition

By Frederic C. Hof

Reports out of Istanbul detail yet another episode of Syrian opposition disunity: this time over the selection of a prime minister to head an Interim Government long-since established by the Syrian National Coalition.

Syria

MENASource

Oct 16, 2014

Top News: Egypt Allegedly Strikes Libya Militia Positions

By MENASource

Deepening their involvement in Libya, Egyptian warplanes bombed Islamist militia positions in Benghazi, according to two officials, as part of a three-to-six month Egyptian-led campaign that will eventually involve Libyan ground troops trained by Egyptian forces. The operation, they said, was requested by the Tobruk-based Libyan administration.

MENASource

Oct 16, 2014

Top News: Libyan, Egyptian Officials Deny Egypt Bombing Benghazi

By EgyptSource

  News agency Associated Press (AP), reported on Wednesday the involvement of Egyptian aircraft in the bombing of Islamist militias in Libya’s second city, Benghazi. However, Egypt’s presidential spokesperson denied the claims.

MENASource

Oct 16, 2014

Factbox: Egypt’s Student Protests

By Shiyun Lu

Egypt’s new academic year has begun amid heightened tension between students and the authorities. With protests taking place at most public universities throughout Egypt, at least 127 students were arrested in the first three days.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 16, 2014

EconSource: Egypt Stocks Inch up Wednesday Signaling Possible Rebound

By EconSource

Egypt’s main stocks edged up by 0.18 percent on Wednesday. After seven sessions in the red this signals a possible rebound with low stock prices starting to bolster demand. With falling US producer prices, fears had dipped Global stocks and most Arab bourses.