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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 […]

Middle East

MENASource

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. 

Syria

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

Top News: Tunisia’s New Prime Minister to be Announced Saturday

By MENASource

The name of the new prime minister will be announced on Saturday and the election of nine members of the Independent Higher Authority for Elections Council (ISIE) could take place early next week, Ettakatol Party member Mouldi Riahi said on Wednesday, as the ISIE selection committee began reexamining candidacies for the electoral board.

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

EconSource Headlines- October 31, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Syria: Ambassador Fred Hof to Testify Thursday Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

By MENASource

On Thursday, October 31 Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Ambassador Frederic C. Hof will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senate Committee will convene two panels to discuss the crisis in Syria.

Syria

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Hailing Hellfires

By Fatima Abo Alasrar

Apart from the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference that has been generating good news in the press, the country is on a rapidly deteriorating course toward uncertainty.

Yemen

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

A Place for Women in Egypt’s Transition

Women, who stood side-by-side with men at the frontlines of Egypt’s uprising facing off with Central Security Forces, have found themselves marginalized over the past two years. Issues relating to women’s rights have been sidelined as discussions over legislation under successive regimes instead focus on measures that would stifle civil society in Egypt, and crack […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Top News: Senior Brotherhood Leader Essam al-Erian Arrested

By EgyptSource

Essam al-Erian, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member who had been on the run, has been arrested early Wednesday in the Fifth Settlement neighborhood of Cairo, after 100 failed attempts to catch him, according to security sources.