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MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

Top News: EgyptAir Hijacking Suspect Arrested in Cyprus

By EgyptSource

An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday but the passengers and crew were freed unharmed and the hijacker was arrested after giving himself up. Eighty-one people, including 21 foreigners and 15 crew, had been onboard the Airbus 320 flight when it took off, Egypt’s […]

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

EconSource: Iraq Says Expects $6.4 Billion Financial Support This Year

By EconSource

Iraq expects to receive financial support of $6.4 billion in 2016 from donors and international organizations, Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said Tuesday.

AfricaSource

Mar 29, 2016

Senegal Consolidates Its Constitutional Democracy

By J. Peter Pham

While a number of African rulers—most notably Joseph Kabila of the rather ironically named Democratic Republic of the Congo whose ham-fisted attempts to prolong his presidency threaten to reignite the continent’s most bloody conflict—have been trying to extend their tenures by all possible means, fair or foul, voters in Senegal were asked in a March […]

Africa

SyriaSource

Mar 29, 2016

#5YearsWeFled: Refusing to Fight Bashar’s War

By Ayman Jalwan

This is the third part of a series of interviews with the lawyer Ayman Jalwan. It highlights the difficult choice that Syrians face—dying in the war zone that Syria had become, or fleeing the land they love. Last year, Ayman Jalwan and his wife said goodbye to their families and joined the wave of citizens […]

Syria

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

Egypt’s Youth and the Pull to Migrate

By Eduard Cousin

Two-thirds of Egypt’s population is under 30, and youth unemployment for 15-24 year-olds is around 42 percent, according to World Bank figures. After the January 2011 revolution, unemployment rose sharply from 9 percent in 2010, reaching 12.7 percent in 2016. Ahmed, a 24-year-old business administration graduate, currently working for a stock trading company in Cairo, […]

North Africa

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 28, 2016

Belgium Seeks More Action on Intelligence Shared Among European Nations

By Ashish Kumar Sen

‘That is a weak spot for some,’ says Johan Verbeke, Belgium’s Ambassador to the United States European nations need to do a better job of working together to detect, share, and act on intelligence related to terrorist plots, according to Johan Verbeke, Belgium’s Ambassador to the United States. “There is information that we share with […]

European Union International Organizations

SyriaSource

Mar 28, 2016

Top News: March 28, 2016

By SyriaSource

– ISIS driven out of Syria’s ancient Palmyra city– Russian air force to continue supporting Syrian army offensive– UN specialist could oversee release of Syrian detainees– Dozens killed in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast

Syria

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

Top News: United States moving to increase troops in Iraq

By MENASource

The Pentagon said Friday it was moving to increase the number of US troops in Iraq amid new strikes this week that killed the ISIS’s finance minister and other senior leaders.

SyriaSource

Mar 28, 2016

On the Capture of Palmyra

By Frederic C. Hof

News that Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) armed elements have been driven from Palmyra is welcome, irrespective of the circumstances. No doubt Russian air assaults in support of foreign fighter and Assad regime ground forces produced unnecessary civilian casualties. But driving barbarians from this UNESCO World Heritage site is welcome news.

Syria

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

Top News: Italy Rejects Egypt’s Claim to Have Found Student’s Killers; MOI Backtracks

By EgyptSource

Italy rejected on Friday Egypt’s claim that it had identified the killers of an Italian graduate student whose tortured body was recovered last month, and Rome vowed to press on with its own murder investigation. Egyptian authorities said a criminal gang that had been killed in a shootout was in possession of Giulio Regeni’s bag […]

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