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Feb 20, 2014

A Holding Action in Lebanon

By Faysal Itani

After ten months of stalling and infighting, Lebanon’s political factions have formed a cabinet. This does not indicate a broader political compromise, a willingness to tackle intractable and divisive issues, or a plan to address the country’s serious socio-economic problems. Rather, the cabinet’s significance lies in its makeup and the interesting compromises that led to […]

Middle East Syria

MENASource

Feb 19, 2014

YemenSource | Houthis, Socialists, Herak, Voice Opposition to Six-region Plan

By YemenSource

After last Monday’s decision to build a six-region state, several groups across Yemen have voiced their opposition to the federal model.

Yemen

MENASource

Feb 19, 2014

Top News: UN moves to prevent force against Libyan MPs

By MENASource

UN Libya envoy Tarek Mitri agreed with Libyan militia groups to allow political forces seventy-two hours to resolve a dispute over the legislature’s mandate extension, forming a new interim cabinet, and a plan to hold early presidential elections.

MENASource

Feb 19, 2014

Portrait of a Grave Dweller

By Sarah El-Rashidi

Tucked away in Cairo’s colorful Sayida Aisha cemetery, located near the Darb al-Ahmar district, resides 74-year-old ‘Am Amin, a local grave custodian, born and raised in the necropolis. “I have never left the cemetery, I was born and raised here, this is my home,” he says. ‘Am Amin a former carpet weaver by trade and […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 19, 2014

Top News: Egypt Expecting $9 Billion in Aid From Gulf States: Al-Ahram

By EgyptSource

Egypt is expecting an aid package worth a total of $9.1 billion from Gulf countries within a few weeks, including $2.9 billion from the UAE, as part of a development assistance agreement.

MENASource

Feb 19, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 19, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Why Egypt Matters to the UAE

By EgyptSource

With the fall of former president Mohamed Morsi in early July, several Gulf countries have propped up Egypt’s failing economy with a stream of cash pledged to the North African country. Mere days after Morsi’s fall, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Kuwait together had already pledged $8 billion to Egypt. Of the […]

North Africa The Gulf

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Syria: Back To Basics

By Frederic C. Hof

In his 2014 Munich Security Conference remarks, Henry Kissinger commented that democracies must, in foreign policy, articulate clear objectives within parameters that the public can support. In the specific case of Syria, said Kissinger, the objective has to be about more than the removal of a person. Ideally the Obama administration used the pause offered […]

Syria

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Egypt, not Syria, the Main Game for the United Arab Emirates

By Richard LeBaron

When Secretary Kerry met with leaders in Abu Dhabi the evening of February 17, he surely briefed them on the latest US thinking on Syria and Iran. It is also likely that his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) briefed him on their activities in Egypt, which they consider their most important foreign policy […]

North Africa The Gulf

MENASource

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.