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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.  

MENASource

Aug 18, 2014

The Week in Egypt [August 18, 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

Aug 18, 2014

An International Stabilization Force for Libya?

By Wolfgang Pusztai

Chaos rules the day in Libya. Since the elections for the House of Representatives in late June, the already unstable transition has fallen further off track.

Libya

MENASource

Aug 15, 2014

Top News: Maliki Finally Steps Down, Paving Way for New Government

By MENASource

Nouri al-Maliki finally curved to growing pressure within Iraq and internationally on Thursday and stepped down as prime minister. In the speech, Maliki endorsed fellow Shia Haider al-Abadi which he stood next to and spoke of the grave threat from Sunni Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants.

MENASource

Aug 15, 2014

Cautious Optimism in Maliki’s Departure

By Ramzy Mardini

Iraq’s struggle for power ended on August 14 when Nouri al-Maliki conceded the office of the prime minister to his rival Haidar al-Abadi, a member of the same Shiite Islamist Da’awa party, who was designated by Iraq’s president earlier this week to form a government.

Iraq

MENASource

Aug 15, 2014

Top News: Protests Leave up to Eight Dead in Wake of Raba’a Anniversary

By EgyptSource

 At least six people were killed on Thursday, among them two protesters in Matariya and a policeman in Cairo, as security forces moved to suppress small-scale demonstrations organized by Islamists across Egyptian cities to mark the anniversary of last year’s killings of protesters, security sources said.

MENASource

Aug 15, 2014

Syria: Risks Of Intervention

By Frederic C. Hof

Recently Ross Douthat of The New York Times posted a lengthy piece on the Times‘ blog entitled “Syria and the Risks of Intervention.” It is perhaps the best piece of argumentation out there against the proposition (advanced here and elsewhere) that timely military support for armed Syrian nationalists “would have prevented more radical groups from […]

Syria

MENASource

Aug 14, 2014

Top News: At Least Thirty-Nine Killed In Rebel-Jihadist Clashes in Aleppo Province

By MENASource

 At least thirty-nine fighters were killed on Wednesday in fierce clashes between Syrian rebels and jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced that the “clashes ended with the jihadist group taking control of six villages in Aleppo province.”