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Aug 19, 2014

YemenSource | Friends of Yemen To Meet On September 24 In New York

By YemenSource

A government source announced that the eighth Friends of Yemen meeting will take place on September 24 in New York on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly meetings. 

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

In Egypt, Religion Remains a Vital Political Tool

By Johannes A. Makar

It was a familiar sight: the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyeb, and the Coptic Pope, Tawadros II, side-by-side as General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the ousting of Mohamed Morsi on July 3, 2013. Front seats were granted to the two grey-bearded clerics who had donned their customary robes for the occasion. Since the founding […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

Top News: UN to Send Aid to Half a Million Iraqis

By MENASource

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that its launching a major aid operation to deliver supplies to more than half a million Iraqi people displaced by the fighting. A four-day airlift of tents and other goods will begin on Wednesday to Irbil from Aqaba in Jordan, followed by road convoys […]

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

Top News: Egypt Calls on US to Exercise Restraint Towards Missouri Protests

By EgyptSource

 The Egyptian foreign ministry has said it is closely watching developments in the US city of Ferguson following clashes between security forces and protesters over the murder of African American teenager Mike Brown last week.

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

EconSource: Egypt Rebuts News on Resuming Loan Talks with the IMF

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Aug 18, 2014

On the Three Types of Arabs: The Evil, the Good, and the Harmless

By Amr Hamzawy

Since the summer of 2013, the public and private media outlets in Egypt has fashioned a trio of Arab profiles: the good Arab, the evil Arab, and the useless, yet harmless, Arab.  These three classifications have been heavily used in an attempt to manipulate public awareness, to legitimize the network of alliances supporting the current […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 18, 2014

A Real Syria Policy Starts with Saving Aleppo

By Abdulrahman Dadam

As President Barack Obama considers whether to provide forceful assistance to the Syrian democratic resistance forces, one of the last pillars of hope for Syria is dangerously close to falling. My city, Aleppo, just thirty-five miles from Turkey, is the largest city in Syria and it is currently under threat from both the Islamic State […]

Syria

MENASource

Aug 18, 2014

EconSource: Egypt Seeks $10.4 Billion Loan from IMF

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Aug 18, 2014

Top News: Drone Kills Three Suspected al-Qaeda Militants in Yemen

By MENASource

A drone attack killed three suspected al-Qaeda militants on Saturday in Hadramawt. Three armed men were traveling in a vehicle along a desert stretch between Yemen and Saudi Arabia’s border when the drone shot two rockets at them. All three are dead.

MENASource

Aug 18, 2014

Top News: Sisi Meets with US Congressman Darrell Issa

By EgyptSource

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with a delegation from the US House of Representatives headed by Congressman Darrell Issa Sunday at the Presidential Palace, state-owned MENA news agency reported.