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Aug 27, 2014

EconSource: Tunisia’s Economic Growth Slows to 2 Percent in Q2

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Aug 27, 2014

YemenSource | Yemen Government Talks with Houthis Fail

By YemenSource

Talks on forming a new Yemeni government collapsed on August 24 after thousands of Houthi supporters rallied in Sana’a on August 22 to protest against the rise in fuel prices. The government offered on August 25 to resign within a month to pave the way for a technocrat administration that would review the fuel subsidy […]

MENASource

Aug 26, 2014

ISIS in Syria: Avoiding Assad’s Ambush

By Frederic C. Hof

President Barack Obama’s decision to authorize aerial surveillance of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in Syria suggests that airstrikes employing manned and unmanned aircraft may not be far behind.

Syria

MENASource

Aug 26, 2014

Egypt Has No Good Choices in Libya

The recent revelation that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt were behind the previously unidentified warplanes that struck Islamist positions in Libya has sparked questions on Egypt’s role and its potential options for protecting its shared border with the troubled country—and the consequences of doing so.

North Africa The Gulf

MENASource

Aug 26, 2014

Top News: Egypt Denies Carrying Out Tripoli Airstrikes, Announces Initiative with Libya

By EgyptSource

  US officials said on Monday that Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were responsible for carrying out two series of air strikes in the past week on armed Islamist factions in Tripoli, Libya.

MENASource

Aug 26, 2014

Egypt’s Options in Dealing with the Libyan Crisis (Part I)

By Nader Bakkar

Relations between Cairo and Tripoli went through bouts of political volatility at the beginning of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s rule before improving and taking on a more conciliatory nature during the last two decades under Mubarak and Muammar Qaddafi. With the exception of Qaddafi’s 1977 attempted incursion on the border between the two countries, the […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 26, 2014

EconSource: ESCWA–The Libyan Conflict and its Impact on Egypt and Tunisia

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Aug 26, 2014

EconSource: Donor Pledges for Yemen Increase to $8.2 Billion

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Aug 25, 2014

Top News: Libya in New Crisis as Islamist ‘Terrorists’ Seize Airport

By MENASource

Islamist militias openly challenged the legitimacy of the Libyan parliament after announcing their seizure of Tripoli airport, plunging Libya into a deeper political crisis. The militias said the House of Representatives had lost its legitimacy. The parliament fired back, calling the groups “terrorists” and asserting that it will deal with the “legitimate target” through regular […]

MENASource

Aug 25, 2014

Top News: North African Ministers in Cairo for Libya Crisis Talks

By EgyptSource

  Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met early Monday with his Libyan, Algerian, and Tunisian counterparts for talks on the situation in Libya.