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Nov 4, 2013

EconSource Headlines- November 4, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Nov 4, 2013

Top News: Defiant Morsi Appears in Courtroom as Trial Adjourned to January 8

By EgyptSource

The trial of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, and fourteen codefendants, on charges of inciting murder and violence, was adjourned on Monday, state media reported, just hours after it began. 

MENASource

Nov 4, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi on Trial, Adjourned to January 8

By MENASource

The trial of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and fourteen senior Islamist and Muslim Brotherhood leaders started at the Police Academy in New Cairo for defendants charged with incitement to murder and violence at the Ittihadiya presidential palace clashes in December 2012.

MENASource

Nov 2, 2013

Congress Discusses the Future of US Aid to Egypt

By Mohamed Elgohari

During the House of Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Next Steps on Egypt Policy,” three US administration officials, Derek Chollet, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Elizabeth Jones, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Easter Affairs, and Alina L. Romanowski, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for the Middle East, testified […]

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MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

EconSource Headlines- November 1, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

Top News: Figures Show Surge in Iraq Bloodshed Ahead of Maliki-Obama Talks

By MENASource

Violence in Iraq is at its worst level since 2008, figures showed Friday, as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was to appeal for President Barack Obama’s help to combat a spike in militancy. Figures released by the ministries of health, interior and defense showed that violence last month left 964 people dead (855 civilians, sixty-five […]

MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

Top News: US Secretary of State Kerry to Visit Egypt on Sunday

By EgyptSource

US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Cairo on Sunday for his first visit to Egypt since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in July, state media said. 

MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

Iraq’s Security Needs

By Ramzy Mardini

The dangerous interplay between growing domestic tensions and unstable regional dynamics is driving the rise in violence in Iraq, with levels unseen since 2008. The resurgence of Sunni militancy in Iraq—piggybacking off the sectarian, regional proxy war unfolding in Syria—has alarmed the Shiite community, leading Shiite militias to reactivate and play a role in defending […]

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Oct 31, 2013

Top News: Protests and Arrests Continue Across Egypt’s University Campuses

By EgyptSource

Hassan Eissa, head of Ain Shams University, announced Wednesday that a protocol is expected to be signed Thursday between the Ministry of Interior and the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) to tighten campus security nationwide. While Helwan University is the latest to witness pro-Brotherhood and pro-military demonstrations on Thursday, head of ambulance authority Ahmed al-Ansary announced that twenty-six were […]

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

Ambassador Fred Hof’s Testimony on Syria before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 31, 2013

By MENASource

Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, Members of the Committee: I am deeply honored by your invitation to testify today on the situation in Syria.  It is a situation for which the word “appalling” barely suffices.  The crisis in Syria has, for more than 30 months, been destroying a country of 23 million people. 

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