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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.

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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Dec 4, 2013

Top News: PM Urges Roadmap Supporters to Vote on Referendum; Islamists Say it Will be Rigged

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawy has urged those who took to the streets on June 30 to also show their support by voting for the recently amended constitution. The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, a pro-Morsi coalition led by his Muslim Brotherhood movement, has said it rejects the country’s newly amended constitution, but has stopped short of […]

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Dec 4, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 4, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 3, 2013

Tunisia: How the Region’s “Best Hope” Needs Help

By Lara Talverdian

Despite signs of an increasingly divided society, the recent stalemate between Tunisia’s ruling Troika (led by Ennahda and two smaller, secular parties) and the opposition will likely be resolved through the national dialogue currently underway. It still faces many difficult hurdles, however, and support from the international community is essential.

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