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Sep 22, 2014

EconSource: Suez Canal Certificate Sales Inject EGP 27 Billion into Egypt’s Banks

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Sep 19, 2014

Christians Question Obama’s ISIS Strategy

By Jayson Casper

In his efforts to build a coalition to strike militarily Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) targets in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama has been careful to avoid an overly religious discourse.

MENASource

Sep 19, 2014

Top News: Ninth Decapitated Body Found in Sinai

By EgyptSource

Residents in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula said they found a beheaded corpse of a young man on Friday.

MENASource

Sep 19, 2014

Top News: France Launches Air Strikes in Iraq as Militants Overrun Kurdish Towns in Syria

By MENASource

The office of French President Francois Hollande announced Friday that French jets have carried out their first strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants in Iraq. A statement from the president’s office confirmed strikes on ISIS depots in north-east Iraq, signaling more raids in the coming days. The announcement comes on the heels of […]

MENASource

Sep 19, 2014

EconSource: EBRD Cuts 2014 Economic Forecasts for Tunisia to 2.9 Percent

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Sep 18, 2014

Top News: Libya and Neighboring States Snub Military Intervention

By MENASource

Libya’s struggling elected government and representatives of fifteen nations meeting in Madrid unanimously rejected the idea of military intervention as a way to restore stability in the country, which the Spanish foreign minister warned could slide into a Syria-style civil war. Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdulaziz offered no specifics on how his government could regain […]

MENASource

Sep 18, 2014

Top News: Egypt Begins Close Monitoring of Online Communication with New Technology

By EgyptSource

Egypt has contacted a sister company of a US-based online security firm to monitor the country’s cyber communications a few months after authorities unveiled a new campaign to keep  social networking sites under surveillance

MENASource

Sep 18, 2014

EconSource: World Bank Report Highlights Private Sector Jobs in Egypt

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Sep 17, 2014

Sectarian War Going Unnoticed in East Yemen

By Nadwa Al-Dawsari

The Houthis, a Shia rebel group operating outside of government control primarily in the northern Saada governorate, have aggressively pushed for influence in the neighboring territories.

Yemen

MENASource

Sep 17, 2014

The Shadow of the Helwan Brigades

By Wael Eskandar

Ten seconds into a video showing over a dozen men armed with assault rifles threatening to target the police in south of Cairo, a man’s voice can be heard in the background instructing the men to ‘hold up [the] Rab’a [sign].’ Promptly, the men hold up four fingers as the main speaker continues to deliver […]

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