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Dec 17, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 17, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 16, 2013

Top News: Mehdi Jomaa chosen as Tunisia’s new caretaker prime minister

By MENASource

Political leaders today chose Mehdi Jomaa, the current minister of industry, to take over as prime minister and lead a caretaker government until elections next year. Jomaa, aged fifty, is an independent technocrat who joined the current government in March after a career in the private sector. Jomaa garnered nine of twenty-one potential votes, with seven […]

MENASource

Dec 16, 2013

Top News: Egyptians to vote on constitution January 14-15; Six international organizations approved to monitor

By EgyptSource

Interim President Adly Mansour announced a national referendum on the new draft of the constitution, will take place on January 14-15. The High Election Commission (HEC) said that out of “nine international organizations that requested permission to monitor elections, only six who fulfilled the conditions were accepted.” 

MENASource

Dec 16, 2013

Time for a New Chapter in US-Gulf Relations

By Stefanie Hausheer

Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal’s comments yesterday about US red lines on Syria and Iran becoming “pinkish as time grew,” and eventually ending up “completely white” indicate the extent of Gulf state exasperation with the Obama administration’s Middle East policies.

Middle East

MENASource

Dec 16, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 16, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 13, 2013

The Reinstatement of Egypt’s Police Force

By Sarah El-Rashidi

As Egyptians took to the streets in widespread protest against ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s regime, a peculiar sight graced the demonstrations. Rather than facing off with Egypt’s police force, Egyptians marched side by side with uniformed officers. Policemen passed out bottles of water, as their colleagues were carried on the shoulders of anti-Morsi protesters. While […]

North Africa

MENASource

Dec 13, 2013

Top News: New UN report concludes chemical arms used repeatedly in Syria

By MENASource

Chemical weapons were used repeatedly in the Syria conflict this year, not only in a well-documented August 21 attack near Damascus but also in four other instances, including two subsequent attacks that targeted soldiers, the United Nations said in a report released Thursday.

MENASource

Dec 13, 2013

Top News: Car bomb at Police Camp in Ismailia Leaves One Dead

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian police officer was killed and 35 others were injured when a car blew up near their base in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia on Thursday, security sources said.

MENASource

Dec 13, 2013

MENASource Discussions: Moving Beyond Yemen’s Political Paralysis [Video]

By MENASource

On the sidelines of an Atlantic Council symposium on Yemen’s economic challenges, which discussed the findings of a new report on the topic, Yemen’s Economic Agenda: Beyond Short-Term, Danya Greenfield interviewed three Yemeni experts

Yemen

MENASource

Dec 13, 2013

Syria: Extremism as a Force for Good

By Frederic C. Hof

Karl Rove, onetime senior advisor to President George W. Bush, reportedly told an interviewer, “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.” Substitute the word “speak” for “act” and one has the reality-creating corollary of the Obama administration.

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