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Sep 18, 2013

Top News: Frenchman Dies After Egypt Police Cell Beating; Jailed Canadians Begin Hunger Strike

By EgyptSource

A French citizen died while in police custody after being detained for breaking curfew, a security source told the website of the state daily al-Ahram, two Canadians jailed in Egypt have started a hunger strike to protest their “arbitrary” detention.

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Dalga: The Brotherhood’s Doublespeak Continues

By Mina Fayek

The Brotherhood’s penchant for doublespeak is nothing new. In April 2013, in the aftermath of the Boston Bombings, and in September 2012, in the wake of the attack on the US embassies in Libya and Egypt, the Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, were quick to condemn the attacks, in English. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Top News: Frenchman Dies After Egypt Police Cell Beating

By MENASource

France’s foreign ministry says a Frenchman died while in police custody in the Egyptian capital. The ministry said Tuesday it was seeking details about the death of the man who Egyptian authorities say was killed by cellmates while in police custody in Cairo.

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Tunisia: Ennahda’s Uncertain Future

By Naim Ameur

With the raging war in Syria, the ouster of the first democratically elected president in Egypt, and unstable political paralysis in Libya, Tunisia’s democratic transition seems to be the last hope of the Arab spring in the region.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 17, 2013

MENASource Discussions: A Conversation with Dr. Mustafa Abushagur

By MENASource

Karim Mezran, senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center, sat down with Dr. Mustafa Abushagur, former interim Libyan deputy prime minister, to ask him questions on September 12 regarding the most pertinent issues facing Libya’s transition to democracy.

Libya

MENASource

Sep 17, 2013

Top News: Brotherhood Spokesman Gehad al-Haddad Arrested

By EgyptSource

Spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood Gehad al-Haddad was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in an apartment in Cairo’s Nasr City. Haddad was arrested along with Morsi-era governor of Qalyubiya Hossam Abu Bakr.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 17, 2013

Government Regulations to Place Mosques under Azhar Control

By Amir Beshay and Nancy Messieh

The Egyptian Ministry of Endowments recently announced that it will stop granting licenses to imams who are not affiliated with al-Azhar. In an unprecedented move, the measure will be applied retroactively, with over 55,000 imams losing their licenses in the process, while all other imam licenses will be revoked if they are not renewed within […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 17, 2013

Top News: Weaponry Plundering Prompts US Training Withdrawal from Libya

By MENASource

The US defense department has confirmed to the Libya Herald that US equipment was stolen in a raid by an unidentified militia on a US base in Tripoli, where US Special Forces were training Libyan army personnel. 

MENASource

Sep 16, 2013

Top News: UN Says “Convincing Evidence” of Syria Chemical Attack

By MENASource

UN inspectors said in a report Monday there is “clear and convincing evidence” that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people.

MENASource

Sep 16, 2013

Top News: Security Forces Retake Control of Islamist Stronghold in Upper Egypt

By EgyptSource

Security forces backed by armored vehicles and helicopters on Monday stormed a town south of Cairo, Delga, that had been held for over two months by militants loyal to the ousted Islamist president, swiftly taking control despite some resistance from gunmen.

North Africa