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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 […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 17, 2014

Top News: Pentagon Signals Need For Ground Troops in Iraq; Congress largely Backs Plan

By MENASource

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, raised the possibility on Tuesday that US troops might need to take on a larger role in Iraq’s ground war against Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants. The General explained that there was no intention to place military advisers on the […]

MENASource

Sep 17, 2014

Top News: Salafi Watan Party Withdraws from Pro-Morsi Alliance

By EgyptSource

The Salafi Watan Party announced it is withdrawing from the pro-Morsi National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL), in a statement posted on its official Facebook page. 

MENASource

Sep 17, 2014

EconSource: Tunisia Must Show ‘Audacity’ in Reforms– World Bank Report

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Sep 16, 2014

Fighting the Islamic State in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has shared with the world his deep concern over publicly stated US intentions to attack Islamic State positions in Syria “without interaction with the Syrian government.”

Syria

MENASource

Sep 16, 2014

Indirect Repression: When Reason is Eliminated

By Amr Hamzawy

The Egyptian regime is currently ruling the country via strategies of increased repression, which is exercised both directly and indirectly. This is seen in its attempts to improve the economic and social conditions in the country, and in its populist rhetoric based on the myth of the “saving hero,” and the reinstatement of autocracy as […]

North Africa