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Aug 20, 2014

Top News: ISIS Video Apparently Shows Execution of American Journalist

By MENASource

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or IS) released a video Tuesday that appeared to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley in an act of retribution for US airstrikes on the group in Iraq. The gruesome video, which US intelligence agencies were trying to verify, shows a masked militant, […]

MENASource

Aug 20, 2014

Top News: Washington Hits Back at Egypt Criticism over Missouri Unrest

By EgyptSource

A US official on Tuesday hit back at Egypt after Cairo took a swipe at US authorities’ handling of racially-motivated demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, saying Washington would call on countries to deal with their problems as openly and honestly as it does.

MENASource

Aug 20, 2014

Syria: Time for Washington to Decide

By Frederic C. Hof

Of the many difficult questions Washington faces about the crisis in Syria, three are basic: what is the strategy of the United States for achieving President Obama’s objective of a negotiated political transition from rule by crime family to decent, pluralistic governance?

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MENASource

Aug 20, 2014

EconSource: Libya Returning to Oil Market Despite Violence

By EconSource

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

MENASource

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 […]

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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 […]

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