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Mar 19, 2014

Egypt’s Elite and an End to a Call for Democracy

By Amr Hamzawy

My mind is still bewildered as I try to explain why Egypt’s elite have ceased calling for democracy and adherence to its procedures.  I try to understand how they accept (sometimes silently) violations of human rights and freedoms and a renewal of the authoritarian, subjugating nature of the government’s relationship to society and citizens. Here, […]

North Africa

MENASource

Mar 19, 2014

Will President Obama Prioritize Nuclear Cooperation with Saudi Arabia?

By Sigurd Neubauer

Next week, President Barack Obama is set to pay King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a high-profile visit as he seeks to restore fraught relations over Syria and Iran policy. Although the two leaders are expected to hold wide-ranging consultations over regional developments, it remains unclear whether the US president has set aside time on his […]

Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Mar 19, 2014

Closing Syria’s Embassy

By Frederic C. Hof

Special Envoy for Syria Daniel Rubinstein yesterday announced that the United States had notified the Syrian government “that it must immediately suspend operations of its Embassy in Washington, DC and its honorary consulates in Troy, Michigan and Houston, Texas.”

Syria

MENASource

Mar 19, 2014

Top News: United States Orders Closure of Syrian Embassy, Consulates

By MENASource

The United States on Tuesday ordered the Syrian embassy in Washington and its consulates in Texas and Michigan to suspend operations and told diplomats and staff who are not US citizens or permanent residents to leave the country.

MENASource

Mar 19, 2014

Top News: Interim President Pledges Help for Australian Al Jazeera Journalist

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s interim president has pledged to help resolve the controversial trial of jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste, in a letter that the reporter’s Al Jazeera channel called an “encouraging sign.” Adly Mansour, the interim president appointed after Mohamed Morsi’s ouster, said he would “spare no effort to work towards the speedy resolution of the case, in a […]

MENASource

Mar 19, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 19, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Mar 18, 2014

Saudi Arabia brings the fight back home

By Kristin Diwan

In the first three years of the Arab Awakening, Saudi Arabia has undertaken an uncharacteristically assertive foreign policy. As a status quo power in a rapidly changing region, Saudi Arabia sought to counter potential Iranian gains and to maintain control over its regional sphere of influence.

Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Mar 18, 2014

Taking a Back Seat as a New Generation Emerges

By Sarah El Sirgany

“In prison, a woman guard stripped us naked for the search. She put her hand where she wanted. Those who objected or cried were searched again. She told us, ‘You brought this on yourselves and now I have to search you again’,” Salsabeel El Gharbawy, a 20-year-old Al-Azhar student told me in a hushed voice […]

North Africa

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Mar 18, 2014

Top News: Libya Misratans Pull Out of Sirte and Oilfields Ahead of Possible Jadhran Deal

By MENASource

The Misrata-based Central Libya Shield Brigade has withdrawn from Sirte Airbase and from the Zueitina, al-Fida, and al-Ghani oilfields south east of Sirte. It took control of the airbase last Tuesday and then moved into the oilfields later in the week.

MENASource

Mar 18, 2014

Navy SEAL Action Behind Words in Support of Libyan Institutions

By Karim Mezran

In the early hours of Monday, March 17 in the Mediterranean, US Navy SEALS seized the tanker that just a few days earlier infamously loaded illicitly-obtained oil from an eastern oil field and escaped from Libyan authorities. Many have decried the move, authorized by President Barack Obama, as a breach of Libyan sovereignty and a […]

Libya