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Mar 20, 2014

Crime and Impunity in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Save for the efforts of humanitarian agencies operating inside Syria and along its borders, the international community has done little but bear witness to the plight of those caught in the maelstrom. Syrians feel abandoned and hopeless.

Syria

MENASource

Mar 20, 2014

Top News: Saudi Arabia accepts majority of UPR recommendations

By MENASource

In its response to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council, Saudi Arabia fully-accepted 145 recommendations out of 225 and partially accepted thirty-six others.

MENASource

Mar 20, 2014

Top News: Political Parties Call on Mansour to Allow Appeals in Presidential Elections

By EgyptSource

Five Egyptian political parties have sent interim President Adly Mansour a letter asking him to amend a controversial law which elevates the results of the country’s upcoming presidential elections above judicial appeal.

MENASource

Mar 20, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 20, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Mar 19, 2014

This is Egypt: New Voices, Untold Stories [Video]

By Daniel Stoker

Since January 25 2011, the Egyptian political scene has been dominated by a war of narratives each defining Egypt on its own terms and each claiming to represent the people. Chants of “bread, freedom, and social justice,” heard during the early days of revolutionary fervor were later replaced by “the army and the people are […]

North Africa

MENASource

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 […]