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Sep 2, 2014

EconSource: IMF Approves $217 Million Loan Disbursement to Tunisia

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Sep 2, 2014

Protests in Yemen Expose Weak Governance and Poor Economic Planning

By Danya Greenfield and Svetlana Milbert

Estimates of 10,000 Yemenis protesting in the streets of Sana’a against lifting fuel subsidies have prompted international concern—mostly regarding the Houthi movement’s ability to mobilize such masses in their aggressive game of Russian roulette with the Yemeni government.

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Aug 29, 2014

Hunger Strikes: Egypt’s Last Vestige of Dissent

By Khaled Dawoud

After a midnight visit to his father, lying in critical condition at hospital, well-known jailed activist, Alaa Abdel-Fattah announced on August 19 his hunger strike, bringing attention to his demand for release while on trial over charges of organizing an unauthorized protest. His decision renewed a relatively stalled effort calling for the release of dozens […]

North Africa

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Aug 29, 2014

Top News: Obama Says He Doesn’t Have A Strategy Yet To Combat ISIS

By MENASource

President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he has not yet developed a strategy to combat Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants. Obama said that he had asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to prepare “a range of options” for confronting ISIS, […]

MENASource

Aug 29, 2014

Top News: Egypt Detains Policemen Captured on Video Abusing Corpse

By EgyptSource

  Egyptian authorities are probing allegations of police abuse after a video circulated online showing three policemen taunting a nearly naked corpse, a senior police official said on Thursday.

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Aug 29, 2014

Syria: Waiting For Washington’s Reply

By Frederic C. Hof

As President Barack Obama and his key advisors calculate how best to make life difficult for the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Syria, one thing is abundantly clear from the president’s words: US collaboration with the Assad regime is beyond the pale.

Syria

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Aug 28, 2014

A Friend of my Father: Iran’s Manipulation of Bashar al-Assad

By Bassam Barabandi and Tyler Jess Thompson

In March 2011, just a few days after the uprisings began in Syria, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, made an unannounced visit to Damascus. He came with a clear message: Do not give in to the Arab Spring in Syria.

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Aug 28, 2014

Top News: UN Security Council Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Libya

By MENASource

Expressing its strong support for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the Security Council today called on all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire and an end to the fighting. Unanimously adopting resolution 2174 (2014) under the Charter’s Chapter VII, the fifteen-member body condemned the use of violence against civilians and civilian institutions, and […]

MENASource

Aug 28, 2014

Top News: New Charges Brought Against Morsi Over Leaking Documents to Al Jazeera

By EgyptSource

  Ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s detention was extended Wednesday by order of the prosecutor general for 15 days pending investigations into allegations that he smuggled top secret documents to Qatar.

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Aug 28, 2014

EconSource: Libya’s Oil Recovery May Be Short-Lived as Country Risks Falling Apart

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