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MENASource

Sep 3, 2014

Top News: Yemen’s Houthis Reject Government Move to Quell Protests

By MENASource

Yemen’s president dismissed his government on Tuesday, proposed a national unity administration and suggested reinstating fuel subsidies, government sources said, in moves to quell weeks of unrest by a rebel movement.

MENASource

Sep 3, 2014

Top News: Egypt State Council Bans Al Jazeera, Raba’a on NileSat

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s State Council ruled on Wednesday to ban broadcasts of two pro-Muslim Brotherhood TV channels – the privately privately-owned Raba’a channel and Qatari-owned Al Jazeera – on Egypt’s satellite operator NileSat. 

MENASource

Sep 2, 2014

Top News: Kerry Reassures Egypt over Apache Delivery

By EgyptSource

Secretary of State John Kerry told his Egyptian counterpart on Friday that the United States intends to make good on its promise to deliver ten Apache helicopters to help Cairo’s counterterrorism efforts.

MENASource

Sep 2, 2014

Top News: Libyan Parliament Reappoints PM as Government Loses Grip on Ministries

By MENASource

Libya’s parliament reappointed Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni on Monday as the government lost control of ministries in the capital where armed groups have taken over and a separate parliament has claimed legitimacy.

MENASource

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.

Yemen

MENASource

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

MENASource

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.

MENASource

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