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Oct 6, 2014

Egypt in Focus: President Sisi in Power

By EgyptSource

Gaining a new president roughly five months ago, Egypt’s domestic and foreign policies are slowly beginning to take shape. An energy crisis, subsidy cuts, and a grand megaproject remain at the forefront of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s economic policy, while his foreign policy focuses on alliances with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and mending US-Egypt relations. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 6, 2014

Top News: AQAP Executes Fourteen Soldiers in Hadramout

By MENASource

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a video Sunday night showing the execution of fourteen soldiers in the city of Shibam from August. The video depicts al-Qaeda forces waylaying a military bus and kidnapping the soldiers on board. The leader of the militant force claims the soldiers are Houthis whose political forces have been […]

MENASource

Oct 6, 2014

Top News: Egypt Arrests Militants Recruiting for ISIS

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s state news agency says security forces have arrested four suspected members of a militant cell recruiting fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham.

MENASource

Oct 6, 2014

EconSource: Yemen Reform Plan Still Broadly In Line with IMF Loan Terms– Lagarde

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Oct 3, 2014

The Campaign Against ISIS: Is Syria an Afterthought?

By Frederic C. Hof

There is a belief in certain quarters of the Pentagon, and perhaps elsewhere in the executive branch, that the military mission of the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, or ISIL) is to defeat ISIS in Iraq; that airstrikes in Syria are intended only to enhance the ability of the Iraqi […]

Syria

MENASource

Oct 3, 2014

Top News: ISIS Tightens Noose Around Ayn al-Arab; Turkish Parliament Expands War Powers

By MENASource

ISIS fighters continued to close in on three sides of the border town of Ayan al-Arab (Kobani in Kurdish), digging trenches and lobbing mortar fire. Kurdish sources predicted a wide-scale massacre should ISIS overrun the city. The campaign by ISIS has already captured over one hundred villages and displaced approximately 300,000. 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Oct 3, 2014

Top News: Political Actors Call on Sisi to Release Revolutionary Youth for Eid

By EgyptSource

Abeer Suleiman, central committee member and campaign coordinator of the People’s Alliance, called on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to start a new page and release imprisoned youth bearing light charges.

MENASource

Oct 2, 2014

Syria: Give Diplomacy a Fighting Chance

By Frederic C. Hof

Even habitual critics of the United Nations should acknowledge that its Secretary-General has recruited top-drawer international diplomatic talent in the search for peace in Syria. Kofi Annan, Lakhdar Brahimi, and now Staffan de Mistura: statesmen who lack little in resourcefulness, creativity, discipline, and dedication.

Syria

MENASource

Oct 2, 2014

Top News: ISIS Closes in on Kurdish Border Town; Beheads Seven Men, Three Women

By MENASource

ISIS militants tightened their grip on a Syrian border town on Thursday—coming within two miles on three sides, despite coalition air strikes meant to weaken them—sending thousands more Kurdish refugees into Turkey and dragging Ankara deeper into the conflict.

MENASource

Oct 2, 2014

Top News: Egypt Militant Group Threatens Deadly Attacks during Eid Holiday

Egypt’s deadliest militant group has vowed fresh deadly attacks against security forces next week during the country’s major Muslim feast.