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Top News: Eight Governorates Say ‘No’ to New Governors

President Mohamed Morsi’s gubernatorial reshuffle has sparked protests and sit-ins in at least eight governorates. Protests against the Morsi appointees have so far been reported in Menoufiya, Gharbiya, Damietta, Beheira, Alexandria, Tanta, Mahalla, and Qalyubia.  GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Egypt presidency will deal ‘wisely’ with opposition protests The Egyptian presidency is committed to dealing ‘wisely’ with […]

Top News: G8 Urges Syria Peace Talks but No Mention of Assad

Differences between Russia and the West mean an international peace conference on Syria is now unlikely before August, a source at a meeting of Group of Eight leaders said on Tuesday.

Morsi’s Cheap Win on Syria

By Sarah Grebowski

It is a peculiar day for the Arab world when a political leader is accused of pandering simultaneously to the interests of the United States and ultraconservative sheikhs calling for global jihad. But strange bedfellows were made when Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi recently announced that Egypt would be “definitively” severing all diplomatic ties with the […]

Top News: Interior Minister: Islamists Should Not Protest on June 30

Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim called on Islamists not to stage any protests on June 30, as clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi would be tantamount to a “furnace of war.” Ibrahim also called on secular forces not to protest on June 21, a day on which Islamists have planned protests.

Lawlessness Engulfs Sinai’s Bedouins

By Sarah El-Rashidi

Following the Egyptian revolution in January 2011 a nationwide security vacuum has caused great unrest, particularly in the rugged Sinai Peninsula. Sinai’s geographic location bordering Israel and Palestine and its indigenous Bedouin population are the primary concern given the area’s influence on regional and national security. The lack of security in the mountainous desert terrain […]

Top News: Morsi Cuts Egypt’s Syria Ties, Syria Lashes Out at Decision

President Mohamed Morsi said he had cut all diplomatic ties with Damascus on Saturday and called for a no-fly zone over Syria, pitching the most populous Arab state firmly against President Bashar al-Assad. GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Opposition weighs post-June 30 transition plans Top opposition party leaders met on Saturday at the headquarters of the Popular […]

Top News: Egypt’s Morsi Severs Ties With Syria

Yemen’s National Dialogue Behind Closed Doors

By Samaa Hamdani

Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC), which began on March 18 and just reached the halfway point of its six-month mandate, was conceived as a core part of the transition process and is intended to bring together Yemen’s diverse political, social, geographic, and demographic groups to address the most critical issues plaguing the beleaguered country. Unfortunately, […]