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Jan 16, 2014

Top News: Al-Qaeda Launches Assault On Three Security Force Targets In al-Bayda

By MENASource

Local sources are reporting that at least five Yemeni soldiers and six militants have been killed during the largest attack on government facilities by al-Qaeda-linked gunmen of the New Year. Two-hundred fighters were reportedly involved in the incidents, targeting two checkpoints and one police center. Three soldiers were abducted by the attackers who fled in […]

MENASource

Jan 16, 2014

Top News: Initial Referendum Results Show High Approval Rate, Turnout Uncertain

By EgyptSource

An overwhelming majority of Egyptians who voted on the country’s new constitution have backed the draft charter, a senior Egyptian official said Thursday. 

MENASource

Jan 16, 2014

A Turning Point for Algeria?

By Karim Mezran and Ilana Hosios

Following President Abdulaziz Bouteflika’s recent re-hospitalization in France, panic and widespread rumors have again inundated Algeria’s media and its political institutions. With the stability of the country closely linked to presidential elections hypothetically slated for April 2014, the results will undoubtedly determine Algeria’s political power configuration for the next decade. Bouteflika’s ability to run in […]

MENASource

Jan 16, 2014

Misreading Egypt’s Referendum

By Maged Atiya

As soon as polls closed on January 15 2014, after two days of voting on amendments to the 2012 Egyptian constitution, it was clear that approval was guaranteed by an overwhelming margin well above 90 percent. The final margin was in fact close to 98 percent. This was the occasion for many commentators and scholars, […]

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Jan 16, 2014

Egypt’s Referendum: Calculated Choices Betting on a Better Future

By Hafsa Halawa

Over the past two days Egyptians have gone back to the polls to vote on their third constitutional referendum in as many years.  There has much written about the flaws of the document itself, similar in context and content to the criticism of the December 2012 constitution and the earlier March 2011 constitutional declaration, yet […]

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Jan 16, 2014

Lebanon: Mohamad Bahaa Chatah, 1951-2013

By Frederic C. Hof

Mohamad Bahaa Chatah, former finance minister and Lebanese Ambassador to the United States, was assassinated in Beirut on December 27, 2013. It has taken me this long to write something about the passing of a friend and a paragon of human decency. When I think back about the Lebanon-related disasters that have occurred during the […]

Middle East

MENASource

Jan 15, 2014

Top News: Day Two of the Referendum Marked with Arrests and Boycotts

By MENASource

Undeterred after a day of sporadic violence, Egyptians on Wednesday lined up to vote on the second and final day of a key referendum on the country’s new constitution. Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi blocked the Cairo Metro on Wednesday afternoon as they marched along the track of the southern Ain Helwan station. They […]

MENASource

Jan 15, 2014

Top News: Day Two of the Referendum Marked with Arrests and Boycotts

By EgyptSource

Undeterred after a day of sporadic violence, Egyptians on Wednesday lined up to vote on the second and final day of a key referendum on the country’s new constitution.

MENASource

Jan 15, 2014

EconSource Headlines- January 15, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jan 15, 2014

Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum [Liveblog January 15]

By EgyptSource

With polling stations opening across Egypt and voting underway for the second day in the constitutional referendum, keep up with live updates on EgyptSource here

North Africa Political Reform