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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. 

MENASource

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.

Iraq

MENASource

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 […]

MENASource

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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Jul 22, 2014

Top News: UN’s Ban and Kerry in Cairo to Discuss Egypt’s Gaza Initiative

By EgyptSource

The US and Egypt sought Tuesday to find an end to two weeks of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, and officials raised the possibility of restarting stalled peace talks between Israel and Palestinian authorities as a necessary step to avoid sustained violence.

MENASource

Jul 22, 2014

YemenSource | Ceasefire reached in Jawf

By YemenSource

On July 20, the committee tasked with ending the violence between Houthi rebels and the Yemeni army in Jawf reached a ceasefire agreement just days after Houthi rebels took over two military bases in the area.

Yemen

MENASource

Jul 22, 2014

Which Way Now For US Policy Toward Syria?

By Frederic C. Hof

Is American policy toward Syria now at a turning point? Has the eruption of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) from bases in Syria into Iraq convinced President Barack Obama to change course? If so, in which direction?

Syria

MENASource

Jul 22, 2014

EconSource: Egypt to Pay Off All Arrears to Foreign Oil Firms by 2017

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jul 21, 2014

The Week in Egypt [July 21, 2014]

By Elissa Miller

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 21, 2014

Top News: Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham Kills 270 In Syrian Gas Field Takeover

By MENASource

ISIS fighters have killed 270 Syrian regime fighters, civilian security guards, and employees since seizing a gas field in Homs province, a monitoring group said Friday.