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Oct 8, 2014

Top News: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis Leader Possibly Killed in Sinai Operation

By EgyptSource

The second field battalion of the Egyptian Army launched a number of coordinated operations Wednesday morning against Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) terrorists near Sheikh Zuweid in the North Sinai governorate. 

MENASource

Oct 8, 2014

Top News: Houthis Reject Appointment of New Prime Minister

By MENASource

President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi attempted to appoint his chief of staff and former Secretary General of the National Dialogue Conference Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak to the position of prime minister. However, Houthis summarily rejected the move, claiming that the US embassy in Sana’a played a role in the appointment that Mubarak was not a neutral appointment.

MENASource

Oct 8, 2014

EconSource: Urgent Call for Youth Employment in Morocco

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transitions. 

MENASource

Oct 8, 2014

Egypt’s Boycott of the Turks

Egyptian authorities have never really cared for their Turkish counterparts, particularly given the close relationship between them and the Muslim Brotherhood under ousted-president Mohamed Morsi. Tensions spiked after the military takeover of Egypt’s political arena on July 3, 2013.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Talk of an Egyptian Boycott of Turkish Goods Won’t Do Anyone Any Good

By Dominic Dudley

Over the past few weeks Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken almost every possible opportunity to publically criticize the July 2013 coup that brought President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to power in Egypt in place of Ankara’s hapless ally, Mohamed Morsi.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Top News: Two Policemen Detained after Bomb Explodes at Cairo Court

By EgyptSource

  Prosecutors have ordered the detention of two policemen for negligence after a bomb exploded inside a Cairo court.

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Top News: US Strikes Outskirts of Ayn al-Arab as Turkey Warns of City’s Imminent Defeat

By MENASource

Fresh airstrikes by the US-led coalition on Tuesday hit positions held by ISIS jihadists in the southwest of the key Syrian border town of Ayn al-Arab (Kobani in Kurdish) a day after the extremists seized three districts in the city’s east.

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

EconSource: IMF Cuts Arab Growth Forecast, But Sees Gulf Still Strong

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Tunisia’s Politicians Must Manage Expectations

By Scott Mastic

Turbulence seen across the Middle East and North Africa has caused most observers rightly to see Tunisia as the last best chance for a democratic outcome to the 2011 Arab Spring.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 6, 2014

Biden on the Rise of ISIS

By Frederic C. Hof

The Vice President of the United States spent part of his weekend on the phone to American allies and friends apologizing for remarks he made on Friday, October 3, at Harvard University’s Kennedy School.

Syria