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Mar 5, 2014

What Ukraine Means For Syria

By Edward P. Joseph

As outrageous and unsettling as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is, the fact remains that the real killing continues to take place in another area of Russian interest: Syria. Indeed, more than a quarter of the 136,000 Syrians killed in the war have died over the past five months alone.

Syria Ukraine

MENASource

Mar 5, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 5, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

The Face of Egypt’s Educational Flaws

By Jayson Casper

Education in Egypt has long been criticized, a fact recognized by the authors of the new constitution. Articles 19, 21, and 23 oblige the government to spend four percent of its gross national product on public education, two percent on higher education, and one percent on scientific research. These targets must be met, according to […]

North Africa

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

Top News: Sisi Gives Clearest Sign Yet of Presidential Run

By EgyptSource

Egyptian armed forces chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sent the clearest signal yet that he will run for president, saying he cannot ignore the demands of the “majority,” the state news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. 

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

Top News: Three Policemen Killed in Bombing at Bahrain Protest

By MENASource

Amid demonstrations against the death of a twenty-three year old protester in police custody, a bomb was remotely detonated as police attempted to disperse the crowd.

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

Lebanon Stuck Between Leaky Borders and Politics

By Maya Gebeily

A twenty year-old girl and a ten-year old boy were killed by Syrian government airstrikes last week. It would sound like any other day in Syria, except these strikes took place on the Lebanese side of the border, killing two Lebanese civilians and wounding several others.

Middle East Syria

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 4, 2014

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transitions. 

MENASource

Mar 3, 2014

Libya’s Parallel Tracks Could Avert a Train Wreck

By Karim Mezran and Lara Talverdian

For months now, Libya has found itself in a deteriorating security situation that hampers political progress. Since the revolution in 2011, Libyan authorities and their international partners regarded the country’s security challenges as the source of the problem rather than a symptom of deeply rooted political woes. 

Libya

MENASource

Mar 3, 2014

Top News: Khaled Said’s Killers Sentenced to Ten Years in Jail

By EgyptSource

Alexandria criminal court has sentenced two policemen to ten years in jail for killing Khaled Said, in a June 2010 incident that became one of the triggers for the uprising that toppled veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak. 

MENASource

Mar 3, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 3, 2014

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transitions.