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Jul 28, 2014

Top News: Rocket Ignites Blaze Near Tripoli Airport, Libya In Chaos

By MENASource

As inter-militia clashes continue, a rocket struck a fuel storage tank near the main airport in Tripoli, setting off a huge conflagration that firefighters are struggling to extinguish.

MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

Top News: Qatar Denies Objecting to Egypt’s Ceasefire Initiative

By EgyptSource

As both Hamas and Israel agreed to another humanitarian 24-hour ceasefire on Sunday, Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled Attiya denied in statements to Al Jazeera that Qatar objects to Egypt’s cease-fire initiative.

MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

Maliki’s Last Dance?

By Ramzy Mardini

Iraq’s parliamentarians elected a new president last week, advancing the process of forming a government to the most vexing phase in determining who will become the next prime minister.

Iran Iraq

MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

EconSource: World Bank Project to Cut Egypt’s Energy Subsidies by $301.5 Million

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

The Poor Always Bear the Highest Cost

By Amr Hamzawy

In front of the High Court building, this scene unfolds:  Poor and low-income women, children, and men wait for prisoner transport vehicles to arrive carrying their husbands, fathers, brothers, sons and daughters, who are scheduled to appear before the courts.  They wait to reassure themselves that their loved ones are well.  They wait to be […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

Top News: First Humanitarian Aid Enters Syria Without Government Consent

By MENASource

The United Nations said on Thursday that the first humanitarian aid convoy had entered Syria from Turkey without the Syrian government consent. The aid supplies were made possible due to the authorization of a new UN Security Council resolution. 

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

Jordan: Improving Economic Growth through Energy Reforms

By Svetlana Milbert

Despite the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s success in avoiding the civil unrest of the Arab uprisings, it faces macroeconomic challenges exacerbated by exogenous shocks since 2011.

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

Top News: Egypt Convoy Delivers Medical Aid to Gaza

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian aid convoy bound for Gaza was able to successfully deliver medical supplies to Palestine after reaching the Rafah border crossing on Friday morning.

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

EconSource: UN official–Yemen Could be ‘First Country to Run Out of Water’

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jul 24, 2014

NGOs: Ministry’s Registration Deadline is a “Declaration of War”

By EgyptSource

Twenty-three Egyptian human rights organizations submitted a memo to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Thursday criticizing recent steps taken by the Ministry of Social Solidarity against non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The statement condemned a new draft bill regulating civil society in Egypt, as well as a recent notification giving NGOs a 45 day deadline to register […]

North Africa