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Dec 5, 2013

Is International Mediation the Way Out of Tunisia’s Political Conflict?

By Bassem Bouguerra & Duncan Pickard

Tunisia is in the midst of the most intractable political conflict since the 2011 revolution. The debate pits the ruling Islamic party, Ennahda, against a coalition of secular forces led by Nidaa Tunis, an opposition party founded in 2012.

North Africa

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Dec 5, 2013

Top News: Universities Consider Enforcing Protest Law on Campuses

By EgyptSource

A number of Egyptian universities, including Cairo, Ain Shams and Helwan Universities are studying the possibility of applying Egypt’s newly passed protest law on their campuses. 

MENASource

Dec 5, 2013

Top News: Gunmen kill US teacher in Benghazi

By MENASource

Gunmen shot and killed an American chemistry teacher working at an international school in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday, according to medical and security sources. The teacher had been jogging near the US Consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other personnel were killed in an assault in September 2012.

MENASource

Dec 5, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 5, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 4, 2013

The Coming Elections: Parliamentary or Presidential First?

By Yussef Auf

With the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on July 3, Egypt entered a new transitional phase, the country’s third in recent years. Driven by Morsi’s policies since assuming power, a grassroots movement that eventually swelled to millions calling for his outright removal had in fact begun with a different demand: early presidential elections. Elections, they […]

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Dec 4, 2013

An Economic Response to Yemen’s Political Paralysis

By Danya Greenfield

Yemeni and international stakeholders need to turn their attention to the economic sphere—even while continuing to usher the National Dialogue through to completion—if the political transition has any hope of success.

Yemen

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Dec 4, 2013

One Year After Jordan’s Fuel Protests

By Hannah Grigg

One year ago, Jordan witnessed some of its worst protests in recent memory. Thousands of citizens spilled in to the streets of Amman, Irbid, and other major cities, protesting a hike in fuel prices and chanting, ‘The people want the overthrow of the regime.” As demonstrators attacked police stations and set cars on fire, observers […]

MENASource

Dec 4, 2013

YemenSource Headlines – December 2, 2013

By MENASource

Follow the week’s top news headlines and analysis from Yemen and regional press.

Yemen

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Dec 4, 2013

The Egyptian People Are Not Ready

By Mohammad Tolba

The Egyptian people are not ready. So said Omar Suleiman, when he wanted to strip the Egyptian people of their right to choose who governs them, when they wanted to end the state of humiliation and disgrace they lived in under ousted president Hosni Mubarak.

North Africa

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Dec 4, 2013

Top News: Minister of information asserts that Syria’s Assad will lead any transition process

By MENASource

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will remain president and lead any transition agreed upon in Geneva peace talks planned for next month, a government minister insisted on Wednesday. “If anyone thinks we are going to Geneva II to hand the keys to Damascus over [to the opposition], then he might as well not go,” Information Minister […]