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Apr 18, 2014

EconSource: Libya plans ‘smart cards’ to cut fuel subsidies that boost smuggling

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Apr 18, 2014

Preventing and Fighting Genocide in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Overall, however, it is both fair and profoundly unsatisfying to admit that our successes have been partial and the crimes against humanity that persist are devastating.

Syria

MENASource

Apr 18, 2014

The Jordan-Morocco Solution for GCC Defense Masks Bigger Issues

By Richard LeBaron

The US-based publication Defense News confidently reported on April 14 that the “GCC Seeks to Form Military Bloc with Jordan, Morocco.” The story relied on an unnamed Jordanian who advised that the invitation was tendered in late March.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

The Road to Presidential Elections [Update 3]

By EgyptSource

With voting in Egypt’s second presidential elections in two years expected to take place on May 26 and 27, EgyptSource will be providing periodic updates on the latest news coming out of the Egyptian elections process.

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

Top News: Egypt Officials Discuss Prisons; Commission Denies Islamist Allegations of Torture

By EgyptSource

Interim President Adly Mansour met Wednesday with members of the National Council for Human Rights together with interior ministry representatives to discuss the state of prisons in Egypt.

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

Top News: Algerians Head to Polls Amid Fears of Election Fraud

By MENASource

Algerian voters are heading to the polls today, April 17, to vote in a presidential election overshadowed by accusations of fraud and calls for the ruling regime to step down. Incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seeking an unprecedented fourth term amid widespread worries about his health, and following allegations that the results of the previous […]

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

EconSource: Russia to supply Egypt with LNG

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

Silence Please, Algeria is Dying: Interview with Kamal Benkoussa

By Richard Nield

Today is Election Day in Algeria and analysts predict that the aging and ailing incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stands to win yet another term in office, effectively making him president for life. The political space has remained closed since the government canceled the country’s first democratic elections in 1991, which Islamists were poised to win. […]

North Africa

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Apr 17, 2014

Syria is Not a Stalemate

By Mohammed Alaa Ghanem

Last week, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was quoted as saying that “This year the active phase of military action in Syria will be over.” Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah sounded a similar note, stating, “The danger of the Syrian regime’s fall has ended.” They do not believe the military situation in Syria is a stalemate. As […]

Syria

MENASource

Apr 16, 2014

Top News: Jordanian Jets Strike Vehicles on Syrian Border

By MENASource

Jordanian military warplanes struck a convoy of “camouflaged” vehicles as they were trying to enter Jordan from Syria, the army said in a statement Wednesday, in an unusual move at a time of tensions between the desert kingdom and Damascus. A Syrian military official said the vehicles did not belong to the Syrian army.