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Dec 9, 2013

Top News: Judges Recuse Themselves as Brotherhood Leaders Trials Begin

Giza’s criminal court on Monday postponed the trial of top Muslim Brotherhood leaders to February 11 so that it can study the case and declare witnesses. Earlier on Saturday, the Judges of Cairo Criminal Court recused themselves from the trial of Muslim Brotherhood leading figure Mohamed al-Beltagy and Islamist preacher Safwat Hegazy, saying it has felt unease over […]

MENASource

Dec 9, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 9, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 6, 2013

Unintended Consequences in Syria

By Faysal Itani

The most significant development in the Syrian conflict is neither chemical weapons disarmament nor international posturing over the Geneva II process, but US engagement with the newly-formed Jabha al-Islamiyya, or Islamic Front—a coalition of Islamist nationalist militia. After two and a half years of hand-wringing, meandering, and denial, US strategy in Syria finally began to […]

Syria

MENASource

Dec 6, 2013

The ‘New’ Draft Constitution Part I: A Flawed Beginning

By Yussef Auf

As the fifty-member committee tasked with amending the suspended 2012 Constitution has finished its work, criticism of the committee, its formation and its amended text have continued. Undoubtedly, the most significant criticism of the committee is the fact that it was appointed by the July 3 authority responsible of theouster of former president Mohamed Morsi. […]

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Dec 6, 2013

English Translation of Egypt’s 2013 Draft Constitution

By EgyptSource

With a popular referendum on Egypt’s draft constitution expected in January, the final draft has been submitted to interim President Adly Mansour for his approval. The referendum is expected to take place in the first or second week of January. Doing away with much of the original 2012 constitution drafted under ousted president Mohamed Morsi, […]

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Dec 6, 2013

Top News: Al-Qaeda-claimed attack in Yemeni capital kills fifty-two

By MENASource

At least fifty-two people were killed and 167 wounded after a car bomb rocked the defense ministry in the capital Sana’a on Thursday, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported. Six doctors, including a Venezuelan and two from the Philippines, were among the people killed, Agence France-Presse quoted medical and security sources as saying.

MENASource

Dec 6, 2013

Ambassador Fred Hof Address to the Harvard National & International Security Program on Syria

By MENASource

After months of tentative dates, preliminary conferences, and backroom wrangling, the Geneva II peace talks are now penciled in for January 22. Considering the track record of delays, it is fair to wonder if this new date will stick. But the larger question facing the Geneva process is whether a diplomatic solution to the Syrian […]

Syria

MENASource

Dec 6, 2013

Top News: Egypt No Longer Allows Visits to Ousted President

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Interior Ministry says it will no longer allow visits to the country’s ousted president, now held in a remote desert prison. 

MENASource

Dec 6, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 6, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 5, 2013

Rags and Tatters: The Moments Egypt’s Revolution Forgot

Rags and Tatters opens to a scene of shaky cell phone footage inside an Egyptian prison in 2011. You hear the voice of a man saying, “Please film this,” as you prepare to launch into an hour-and-a-half of moments that Egypt’s revolution forgot. 

North Africa