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Top News: ISIS Beheads Eight Rebels Who Surrendered Under False Amnesty Deal

ISIS group jihadists beheaded eight rebels who had surrendered in a town on the border with Iraq last week despite pledges of an amnesty, a monitor said Monday.

Top News: Prosecutor Orders Detention of Thirty-five for Islamic State Affiliations

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s prosecutor-general has ordered the detention of thirty-five suspects accused of joining terrorist organizations, pending fifteen days further investigation.

What Would the Turkish Buffer Zone Mean for Syria’s Displaced?

By Matthew Hall, a Q&A with Elizabeth Ferris

In September, the radical jihadist group ISIS launched a major offensive in northeastern Syria, overrunning scores of Kurdish villages along the warpath to Kobani, a strategic town on the Turkish border.

EconSource: Egypt Signs $350 Million Financing Deal With Saudi Arabia

By EconSource

Egypt signed a $350 million financing agreement with Saudi Arabia on Saturday, November 1. The money is aimed at upgrading the country’s power grid and securing imports of petroleum products. Egypt is currently facing its worst energy crisis in decades.

Top News: Houthis Announce Military, Governance Council

By MENASource

Houthi militants announced the formation of a military council to protect the “revolution,” or so-called Houthi revolution.

EconSource: Morocco Unions Declare Strike Successful

By EconSource

A general strike in the capital Rabat was peaceful. According to news reports, the atmosphere was normal and no incidents occurred. According to numbers released by labor unions, 83 percent of workers participated. The strike was aimed at pressuring the government to settle unresolved issues such as the promotion of public-sector workers, pay rises and guarantees […]

Top News: Egypt Has Right to Build Sinai Buffer Zone, Says US Government

By EgyptSource

  Egypt has the right to use a buffer zone along its borders with Gaza to boost security, but should also be concerned about the impact on local communities, the United States said Thursday.

Egypt’s Anti-Terrorism Hysteria

By Khaled Dawoud

A state of hysteria has taken over Egypt’s psyche and dominated any semblance of rational thought following the most devastating terrorist attack on Egyptian soil since Mohamed Morsi was ousted from office.

EconSource: Egypt Ranks 112th in World Bank’s Annual “Doing Business” Report

By EconSource

In the World Bank Doing Business ranking, Egypt climbed one spot from last year’s ranking. The main reason for the advancement is Egypt’s reforms aimed at protecting minority investors. In that category Egypt jumped eighteen places. While the country also gained two spots for ease of trading across borders, it dropped six spots in the ranking […]

Top News: Tunisian Election Results Official, Nidaa Tounes Wins Eighty-five Seats

By MENASource

 Tunisian officials confirmed that the results of Sunday’s election are official, and that members of the secular Nidaa Tounes party have won eighty-five of the 217 parliamentary seats. Electoral authorities also said that the Islamist Ennahda party, which conceded victory to Nidaa Tounes on Monday, won sixty-eight seats.