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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

MENASource

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The Misrata-based Central Libya Shield Brigade has withdrawn from Sirte Airbase and from the Zueitina, al-Fida, and al-Ghani oilfields south east of Sirte.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

MENASource

Mar 18, 2014

Top News: Officer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison in Abu Zaabal Case

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian court sentenced a police officer to ten years in prison, with labor, on Tuesday, over the killing of thirty-seven detainees who were described as supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

MENASource

Mar 18, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 18, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

Video: The Arab Spring Three Years On

By MENASource

The uprisings in the Middle East that gripped the world’s attention have changed the political landscape substantially. But to what degree do the Arab transitioning countries share a common thread in this recent transformation?

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

Syria: Three Years and Counting

By Frederic C. Hof

When Bashar al-Assad authorized the shooting of peaceful demonstrators in Deraa three years ago, no one foresaw the destruction of Syria, and no one could have imagined the enormity of human suffering and political instability that would flow from such a craven and stupid decision.

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

The Arab Countries in Transition: Three Years On [Video]

By EgyptSource

Following the release of the report, The State of the Arab Transitions, Mirette F. Mabrouk, Deputy Director with the Rafik Hariri Middle East Center, speaks about the Arab countries in transition, and the overall sense of hope resilient that the demands of the uprisings that swept the region will be met. 

North Africa