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Mar 3, 2014

Top News: Libya’s GNC Relocates After Attack

By MENASource

The General National Congress (GNC) moved into a five-star Tripoli hotel Monday, a day after rioters armed with knives and guns stormed the legislature building, torching furniture, killing a guard, and wounding six lawmakers in the latest episode of turmoil in the country.

MENASource

Feb 28, 2014

Not the Saudi Arabia You Hear About

By MENASource

More than 100,000 young Saudis are currently studying in the United States, and this population is seen by many as a positive force that will inevitably catalyze change in conservative Saudi society. 

Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Feb 28, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s Presidential Decree Revises SCAF and the National Defense Council

By MENASource

Interim President Adly Mansour has issued a presidential decree reconstituting the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to be headed by the defense minister and not the president for the first time in Egypt’s history.

MENASource

Feb 28, 2014

For Better or Worse, Sisi is No Nasser

By MENASource

Transitional leaders are as much at the mercy of external forces and the realities of domestic concerns as much as they are governed by personal ambition and a sense of duty. Maged Atiya, an Egyptian-American physicist and businessman with a keen interest in Egyptian history, argues the same can be said for General Abdel Fattah […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 28, 2014

Top News: Mansour Reconstitutes the SCAF and the National Defense Council

By EgyptSource

Interim President Adly Mansour has issued a presidential decree reconstituting the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to be headed by the defense minister and not the president for the first time in Egypt’s history. The council’s vice president is the chief of staff. Mansour also issued a presidential decree to reconstitute the National Defense Council (NDC).

MENASource

Feb 28, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 28, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 27, 2014

Sisi’s Transition: Pivoting Away from 1954?

By Maged Atiya

The popularity of Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rests more on hope that he will lead Egypt away from the brink and less on knowledge of the man himself. While many journalists and scholars have been quick to caricature him, few have tried to understand the historical forces likely to shape his role. If Sisi […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 27, 2014

Who is in Egypt’s New Cabinet?

Prime Minister designate Ibrahim Mehleb announced on Thursday that he is finalizing the list of names chosen for Egypt’s new cabinet, to be presented to interim President Adly Mansour on Saturday. According to initial reports, at least seventeen ministers will remain in their positions, nine new ministers will join the cabinet, and five portfolios have […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 27, 2014

Top News: UNSC establishes sanctions committee for Yemen

By MENASource

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted a resolution to form the sanctions committee responsible for imposing sanctions on actors fueling unrest in Yemen and seeking to derail the transition process.

MENASource

Feb 27, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s New Presidential Election Law to Be Issued March 1

By EgyptSource

A new law aimed at regulating Egypt’s upcoming presidential elections is expected to be issued March 1, a week earlier than expected. A judicial council should likely finish revising the law in the next few days and then submit it to interim President Adly Mansour, who is expected to officially endorse and issue the law […]