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EconSource: Yemen banks on IMF loan deal to slash subsidies

By EconSource

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

Iran: King of Kingmakers in Iraq

By Ramzy Mardini

With the results of the national elections announced by the electoral commission last week, the process of forming the next government in Iraq is now underway. Much is at stake for multiple parties and personalities, but no other individual has more to lose than the current prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who is adamant on securing […]

In Pictures: Egypt Votes

By Jonathan Rashad

As voting winds down in Egypt’s second presidential elections in as many years, Jonathan Rashad takes a look back at the days leading up to the presidential elections. With thirteen candidates competing in the 2012 elections, only two presidential candidates are in the running this year, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Nasserist Hamdeen Sabbahi. With Sisi forecast […]

Dispatch from Cairo: Polling Stations and Patriotic Festivals

By Amr Kotb

The scene at polling stations in Giza’s Dokki District on election day was not that different from the one in al-Gamaleya district, the birthplace of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Top News: New Libyan Prime Minister’s Home is Attacked

By MENASource

A government official says Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteg was unharmed in an attack on his home that set off a gun battle with guards. The official says four attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades early Tuesday at Maiteg’s house, sparking clashes in which one of the assailants was killed, one was arrested, and the others fled.

Top News: Sisi Closing in on the Presidency

By EgyptSource

Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to emerge from a second and final day of voting on Tuesday as Egypt’s next president, with supporters seeing him as the man who can pull the Arab world’s most populous nation back from the brink.

EconSource: New Egypt budget sets deficit at 12 percent of GDP: Finance minister

By EconSource

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

Syria: The Moral Imperative

By Frederic C. Hof

At a recent Washington, DC Syria program, a knowledgeable observer—someone who has spent time inside Syria trying to build bridges between warring parties at the local level—said the following: “Those committed to bring down the regime are not committing the resources to do it.”

The Week in Egypt – May 26, 2014

By Daniel Stoker

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

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