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Jul 24, 2014

Top News: Egyptian Army Blocks Aid Convoy to Gaza; Additional Convoy en Route to Gaza

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s army prevented an aid convoy of medical supplies from crossing the border to the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Thursday, the popular campaign to support Gaza has said in a statement. Meanwhile, the Egyptian military intelligence services allowed another aid convoy to support Gaza to pass through one of the checkpoints en route to the Palestinian strip, […]

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Jul 24, 2014

EconSource: Tunisia’s Jomaa– There is No Austerity Strategy in Supplementary Finance Bill

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jul 23, 2014

International Statements about Egypt’s Efforts to Secure a Gaza Ceasefire

By EgyptSource

As the deadliest conflict seen in Gaza in the past five years rages on, Egypt has made attempts to resume its role as mediator between the Israeli and Palestinian authorities. A ceasefire proposal was announced on July 14, which was consequently accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas. While the Egyptian initiative has received international […]

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Jul 23, 2014

Top News: Iraqi Parliament Delays the Vote For President After Deadly Bombing in Baghdad

By MENASource

Iraq’s parliament delayed the vote for a new president after the Kurds asked for an extra day in order to agree on a candidate for president. The failed session comes as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Baghdad that killed thirty-one people.

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Jul 23, 2014

Top News: Egypt Army Reveals Details of al-Wadi al-Gedid Deadly Attack on Soldiers

By EgyptSource

Military spokesperson Mohamed Samir revealed in a statement on Tuesday the details of primary investigations into the killing of 22 Egyptian border guards in a deadly attack last Saturday.

MENASource

Jul 23, 2014

Inside Assad’s Playbook: Time and Terror

By Bassam Barabandi and Tyler Jess Thompson

Early in my career as a Syrian diplomat, I learned to respect the strategic planning of the Assads. One clear memory is from 2007, during a visit from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. I remember sitting behind a two-way mirror in a room adjacent to the banquet hall at the Four Seasons Damascus.

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Jul 23, 2014

EconSource: Tunisia’s Supplementary Budget Law

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

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Jul 23, 2014

Is Iraq Backsliding Toward Another Civil War?

By Omar al-Dulimi

Iraqi politicians are gathering today to elect a new president, in their continuing struggle to take a small but vital step toward ending political deadlock and creating a power-sharing government.

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Jul 22, 2014

Top News: Yemen’s Al-Qaeda Wing Seeks To Set Up Emirate in Hadhramawt

By MENASource

Yemen’s al-Qaeda wing has ordered men and women in Hadhramawt to obey its strict interpretation of Islamic law, saying it aimed to set up an emirate in the remote area. Al-Qaeda has been shifting its operations to Yemen’s eastern Hadhramawt province after the army, backed by US drones, helped drive it out of the south […]

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Jul 22, 2014

Salvaging What Remains of the Nation State: The Missing Example of Egyptian Democracy

By Amr Hamzawy

Contrary to regimes in other Arab states in the Levant and the Gulf, the Egyptian government has never undermined Arab identity by spreading ideas of a dichotomy between Sunni and Shiite, of a conflict between Sunni-dominated areas and those living in the Shiite crescent, or of a conflict between Arabs and non-Arabs living in the […]

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