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Sep 6, 2013

His Holiness the Pope Speaks Out on Syria

By Fred Hof

In a letter to Russian President Vladmir Putin dated September 4, 2013, and addressed to Putin in his capacity as host for the G20 meeting in St. Petersburg, one interpreted by some as a rebuke to President Barack Obama, His Holiness Pope Francis had the following to say about Syria

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Sep 5, 2013

Egypt’s Constitutional Committees

By Yussef Auf

With interim president, Adly Mansour’s constitutional declaration on July 7, a new system was adopted to amend the currently suspended Egyptian constitution, with two committees formed to carry out the task. The first committee of ‘ten experts,’ has completed its work, while the second, the ‘Committee of Fifty’ will begin its work on September 8.

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Sep 5, 2013

Top News: Bomb Explodes Near Egypt Interior Minister’s Convoy

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim survived an assassination attempt unscathed when a bomb detonated early on Thursday near his convoy in northeast Cairo.

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Sep 5, 2013

Top News: Former Syrian Defense Minister Defects

By MENASource

Former Syrian Defense Minister General Ali Habib, a prominent member of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, has defected and is now in Turkey, a senior member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Sep 5, 2013

Syria: Authorizing the Use of Military Force

By Fred Hof

It is understandable that many in Congress have grave reservations about authorizing President Barack Obama to use military force in Syria. It is equally understandable that the president, for so long, tried to hold Syria at arm’s length as the Assad regime slaughtered civilians and put American friends and allies in the region in grave […]

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Sep 4, 2013

Libya’s Lessons on Syria

By Karim Mezran, Jason Pack, Haley Cook

Boxed into a corner by U.S. President Barack Obama’s “red line” that the Assad regime has crossed with its apparent use of chemical weapons on August 21, the United States finds itself on the verge of intervening militarily in Syria’s increasingly brutal and complex civil war.

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Sep 4, 2013

The Different Flavors of Protests in Egypt

By Wael Eskandar

A father took his son to the zoo. On the way the young boy saw a giraffe, he asked his father if he could come closer. The father took the son closer and even had the zoo keeper give his son a carrot to feed the giraffe. The son was pleased. As they crossed the […]

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Sep 4, 2013

Top News: Putin ‘does not Rule Out’ Approving Syria Strike with Evidence

By MENASource

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West against taking one-sided action in Syria but also said Russia “doesn’t exclude” supporting a United Nations resolution on punitive military strikes if it is proved that Damascus used poison gas on its own people.

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Sep 4, 2013

Top News: Police State Not Coming Back, Says Egypt’s Interim President

By EgyptSource

In his first television interview since his installment as Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour rejected claims that the Mubarak regime is making a comeback after the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in July.

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Sep 4, 2013

Morsi’s Failures in Sinai: A Cautionary Tale

By Sarah El-Rashidi

After the January 25 revolution, a security vacuum permeated the Sinai Peninsula impacting the region. A rise in terrorism and illicit activity, often associated with the underground tunnel network leading into Gaza, were immediate by-products of the vacuum. When former President Mohamed Morsi took office, Egyptians hoped that stability would return to the turbulent rugged […]