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Feb 18, 2014

Top News: Lebanon forms government after ten-month deadlock

By MENASource

A new government was announced on Saturday ending a long political deadlock that was compounding turmoil in Lebanon due to spillover from Syria. Battle lines have been drawn between political forces lining up behind Hezbollah and the Sunni-led bloc, a political struggle exacerbated by sectarian civil war in Syria.

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 18, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Top News: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis Claims Responsibility for Tourist Bus Blast Which Left Four Dead

By EgyptSource

Militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility for the bombing of a tourist bus that killed four people in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday. The Ministry of Interior also said the remains of a body thought to be the suicide bomber were found at the scene of the explosion. The Sinai based group said in a Monday […]

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

National Security Initiatives Needed to Safeguard Libyan Democracy

By Ayat Mneina

The month of February this year does not only mark the anniversary of the uprising, but it will also be a month of intense debate that will determine Libya’s political future: the drafting of the constitution. While Libya’s leaders will take some major political decisions this month, Libya’s security problems persist and present serious challenges […]

Libya

MENASource

Feb 14, 2014

Top News: Low-Level Conflict Afflicts Bahrain on Third Uprising Anniversary

By MENASource

Three years after the eruption of a popular uprising in Bahrain that security forces subdued but have failed to stamp out, the ruling family has launched a new dialogue with the opposition but a breakthrough to end the turmoil remains elusive.

MENASource

Feb 14, 2014

Top News: Parties Condemn State’s Violent Practices

By EgyptSource

The Muslim Brotherhood’s responsibility for escalating violence and terrorizing citizens should not implicate security forces in practices that violate the newly passed constitution, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) said Wednesday. In a press statement, the party condemned alleged torture that took place at detention facilities where those arrested on the backdrop of the 2011 […]

MENASource

Feb 14, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 14, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 14, 2014

The Mother of the World?

By Amrou Kotb

As I sipped my coffee at a sidewalk café in Beirut’s famed Hamra Street, I was approached by a man asking if I would like my shoes shined. “No thank you,” I replied, but he was insistent. As we spoke, hearing my accent, he asked if I was Egyptian, to which I said yes. As […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 13, 2014

Top News: UN Says Clashes In Iraq’s Anbar Displaced 300,000

By MENASource

Violence in the Sunni-dominated Anbar province where armed groups have full control of Fallujah and partial control Ramadi has resulted in 300,000 displaced persons in six weeks of fighting, the UN reported on Wednesday.

MENASource

Feb 13, 2014

Top News: Putin Supports Sisi Bid for Presidency; Sisi Negotiates Arms Deal with Russia

By EgyptSource

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he supported Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s bid for presidency, wishing him luck after holding talks in Moscow. Sisi and Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy travelled to Moscow Wednesday to discuss military and economic cooperation with Russian ministers. Anonymous Egyptian military sources told Al-Ahram that Sisi is in Moscow to finalize a $2 billion arms […]