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Aug 11, 2014

Mr. Moneybags in Egypt

By Jonathan Guyer

Last week, the privately-owned and widely-circulated Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm published three political cartoons about corruption in a single day. It’s not unusual to print so many illustrations in one edition; the paper sometimes publishes a dozen comics in a day. But what can we make of three independent cartoonists devoting their frame to criticizing […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

Top News: Maliki Uses His Security Forces to Prevent the Formation of a New Government

By MENASource

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered army tanks and Special Forces teams to surround the Green Zone Sunday night as he clings to his position in government. Before he ordered the special forces to action, Maliki delivered a defiant late-night speech in Baghdad saying he would file a legal case against the country’s president, who has resisted […]

MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

EconSource: IMF Agrees to a $560 Million Loan to Yemen (Minister)

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

Top News: Egyptian Court Dissolves Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s High Administrative Court ordered on Saturday the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, and the liquification of its assets.

MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

An Emergency in Iraq, an Underwhelming US Response

By Faysal Itani

Although President Obama has cited humanitarian concerns for the fate of the endangered Yazidi minority, these air strikes were more likely precipitated by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham’s (ISIS) recent significant military gains in Northern Iraq.

Iraq

MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

The Week in Egypt [August 11, 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 8, 2014

Uncertainties in the Wake of US Intervention in Iraq

By Ramzy Mardini

Last night, President Barack Obama addressed the American public on his decision to authorize two missions: one focused on providing humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of stranded Iraqi civilians from religious minorities fleeing from militants, and the other, to initiate US air strikes should militants advance against the Kurdish city of Irbil, where US […]

Iraq

MENASource

Aug 8, 2014

Top News: Obama Authorizes Air Strikes in Iraq

By MENASource

The Pentagon said US aircraft attacked artillery that was being used in northern Iraq against Kurdish forces defending the city of Irbil. President Barack Obama has authorized air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants in Iraq if the fighters make a move toward American personnel residing in Irbil

MENASource

Aug 8, 2014

Top News: Egypt Rebukes Israel, Palestine for Refusing Ceasefire Extension

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s ministry of foreign affairs rebuked Israel and Palestinian factions on Friday for failing to come to terms on an extension of the 72-hour ceasefire that expired early this morning, reported the state-owned Middle East News Agency (MENA).

MENASource

Aug 8, 2014

Airstrikes in Iraq, But Why Not Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

On August 7, President Barack Obama authorized both airstrikes and humanitarian relief in response to attacks launched by the ersatz caliphate of the criminal enterprise calling itself the Islamic State (IS).

Syria