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Mar 13, 2014

Why Barrel Bombs in Syria Threaten US National Security

By Mohammed Alaa Ghanem and Shlomo Bolts

As Syria peace talks deadlock at Geneva, forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad have unleashed a potentially decisive military offensive that may eliminate the possibility of a political settlement.

Syria

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Mar 12, 2014

A Margin for Democracy

By Amr Hamzawy

A series of questions for those who have long stayed silent

North Africa

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Mar 12, 2014

Spotlight on Egypt’s Human Rights Record

By MENASource

Twenty-seven countries, including the United States, France, Germany, Turkey, and Japan, broke their relative silence on Egypt’s human rights situation since the ouster of Mohamed Morsi last year. Amy Hawthorne, a resident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, outlines the change in international sentiment

North Africa

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Mar 12, 2014

Top News: Libya’s Ousted Prime Minister Leaves Country Despite Ban

By MENASource

Libya’s ousted prime minister has left the country despite a ban on travel, hours after the General National Congress (GNC) removed him from office in a no-confidence vote. In nearby Malta, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told state-owned television that Zidan had made a brief stop-over on the Mediterranean island late on Tuesday, before traveling on. […]

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Mar 12, 2014

Top News: Moussa Acknowledges possible Political Future for Brotherhood

By EgyptSource

Speaking to Reuters on Tuesday, Amr Moussa expressed his willingness to welcome the Brotherhood back into the political arena under the right circumstances. 

MENASource

Mar 12, 2014

Moving the New US-Saudi Relationship Beyond Reassurance

By Richard LeBaron

Over the past two months, US and Saudi officials have done what they needed to do to calm the waters in US-Saudi relations. Senior officials visited Riyadh to discuss the status of the negotiations with Iran; the Saudi interior minister visited the United States to coordinate Syria policy more effectively; the vocal complaints of the […]

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Mar 12, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 12, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Mar 12, 2014

Syria: Escaping the Policy Cul-De-Sac

By Frederic C. Hof

The collapse of the Geneva II negotiations seems to have inspired a reassessment of Syria policy within the Obama administration. The Assad regime challenges vital US interests in at least two respects: as a magnet for al-Qaeda and other transnational terrorists; and as a perpetrator of war crimes and crimes against humanity producing tsunami-like effects […]

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Mar 11, 2014

Tip-toeing Toward Criticism: 27 Countries Rebuke Egypt at UN Human Rights Council

By Amy Hawthorne

In a setback to Egypt’s efforts to convince the international community that it is moving toward democracy, twenty-seven countries delivered an unprecedented joint statement on Egypt at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on March 7.  This is the first time that so many countries—the United States, the European Union “big three” […]

North Africa

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Mar 11, 2014

Egypt UN Delegation Critical of UN Human Rights Council Statement

By EgyptSource

During the twenty-fifth Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 7, the Egyptian delegation strongly refuted criticisms of its human rights record expressed in a joint statement of twenty-seven nations. The joint statement, which included endorsement from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Turkey, expressed “concern about the […]

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