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Apr 9, 2014

Top News: Kerry Testifies That US Air Strikes Would Not Have Affected Syrian Conflict

By MENASource

Threatened military strikes against Syria would not have affected the course of the country’s civil war, US Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers on Tuesday. Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry said US military action would not have had a “devastating impact” on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Apr 9, 2014

Econsource: Egypt economic growth to remain slow, says IMF

By EconSource

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

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Apr 9, 2014

Egypt’s Terrorism a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

By MENASource

Without a doubt, Egypt faces difficult times with constant attacks on security and military personnel, installations, and outposts. With democratic development on the backburner, the military-backed interim government has turned to increased authoritarian repression to stamp out political dissent and revive the old sense of normalcy—but normalcy in Egypt is not stability.

North Africa

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Apr 8, 2014

Egypt’s Crackdown May Bring Terror Closer to Home

By Aziz El-Kaissouni

It’s been said that the jails of Arab dictatorships are the birthing ground of militant Islamism. A mere thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks, that grim truism seems to have been largely forgotten or ignored by Western governments still fumbling on how to react to Egypt’s descent into a new and particularly violent authoritarianism.

North Africa

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Apr 8, 2014

Top News: US Government “Troubled” by Court Decision in Activists’ Case; Egypt Rejects US Comments

By EgyptSource

A spokesman for the US state department expressed concern over an Egyptian court’s decision to uphold a three year sentence for three Egyptian activists prosecuted under Egypt’s new protest law.

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Apr 8, 2014

Top News: No Vote in Parts of Iraq Due to Clashes

By MENASource

An Iraqi official from the Independent High Electoral Commission says there will be no balloting in the parts of Anbar province engulfed in clashes between security forces and al-Qaeda inspired militants.

MENASource

Apr 8, 2014

EconSource: Morocco sees 2014 borrowing needs at €2.5 billion

By EconSource

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

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Apr 7, 2014

As it Marks its Anniversary, April 6 Struggles to Find its Voice

By Sarah El Sirgany

As the April 6 Youth Movement debated how to mark its seven year anniversary, its members eventually settled on a press conference at the Lawyer’s Syndicate, followed by a rally on the steps of the nearby Journalists’ Syndicate. Avoiding clashes with the police was crucial. The main objective of the anniversary press conference and protest […]

North Africa

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Apr 7, 2014

What Yemen’s Youth Got Out of the National Dialogue Conference

By Rafat Al-Akhali

After ten months of extensive negotiations and discussions, Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC) concluded on the January 21, 2014. It is critical to analyze the NDC outcomes and assess whether it addresses the calls for change that Yemeni youth initiated in 2011.

Yemen

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Apr 7, 2014

Top News: Twenty-Five Dead, Fourteen Arrested Amid Aswan Tribal Clashes

By EgyptSource

At least twenty-five people have been killed in clashes between rival families in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan since Friday.