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MENASource

Mar 4, 2016

Top News: US drone kills four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen

By MENASource

A US drone strike killed four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in a car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa on Friday, local officials and residents said.

SyriaSource

Mar 4, 2016

Syria: Next Steps

By Frederic C. Hof

One week into the designated start of a cessation of hostilities in Syria the results on the ground are mixed. Of supreme importance, however, is that the tempo of Assad regime mass homicide (supported and supplemented by Russia) has slowed, particularly in densely populated urban areas. The number of desperately needy Syrians getting humanitarian aid […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Mar 4, 2016

Top News: March 4, 2016

By SyriaSource

– Syrian rebel group says government mobilizing to take more areas– International leaders discuss Syria with Russia– United Nations says deal is near with Syria on aid– EU outlines plan to save open borders, cajoles Turkey– Istanbul hit by three more armed attacks Thursday

Syria

MENASource

Mar 4, 2016

Top News: Leading Rights Lawyer Accused of Managing ‘Illegal Organization’

By EgyptSource

Rights Lawyer and Director of the United Group law firm Negad al-Boraie said Thursday he was interrogated for three hours on six charges including managing an illegal organization. According to a statement issued by United Group Friday, Boraie has been charged with establishing an unlicensed entity with the intent of “inciting resistance to authorities, implementing […]

MENASource

Mar 4, 2016

EconSource: IMF Says in Advanced Talks with Tunisia Over $2.8 Billion

By EconSource

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Tunisia are in the advanced stages of talks over a $2.8 billion credit over four years to help support the country’s economic reform program.

FutureSource

Mar 3, 2016

Bridging the Security-Democracy Gap: Tools for Responding to Resurgent Authoritarianism

By Torrey Taussig

A quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading authoritarian regimes are thriving in the twenty-first century global security environment. As Freedom House reports, “fundamentally antidemocratic governments have strengthened their hold on power by making at least some of the common set of concessions – largely illusory […]

National Security Politics & Diplomacy

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 3, 2016

European Official Goes to Bat for TTIP

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Trade deal would ‘help to write the rules of the global economy in the twenty-first century,’ says European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen A transatlantic trade deal, currently being negotiated by the United States and Europe, would strengthen bonds and stimulate growth on both sides of the Atlantic, a senior European official said at the […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

Libya’s Draft Constitution: Compromise or Compromised?

By Ronald Bruce St John

The Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) was elected in February 2014 with a mandate to draft a constitution to replace the Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage, released in August 2011. It took the CDA eight months to produce a first draft and another four months to produce a second, with the latter containing important […]

Libya

Congressional Relations

Mar 3, 2016

Remembering Boris Nemtsov

By Mikaila Altenbern

Boris Nemtsov’s legacy and his final project—exposing the Kremlin’s role in the war in Ukraine—were remembered at an event in Washington to mark the first anniversary of his assassination. “He was a man of great values,” said Paula J. Dobriansky, a Senior Fellow at Harvard University and an Atlantic Council board director. Nemtsov was shot […]

Russia Ukraine

SyriaSource

Mar 3, 2016

Top News: March 3, 2016

By SyriaSource

– European leaders to discuss Syria with Putin Friday – ‘Huge drop’ in civilian deaths after Syria truce– Electricity supply gradually returns after nationwide outage in Syria– United States struggles with Arabic reports on Syria truce violations– Turkey cracks down on insults to President Erdogan– United States warns PYD not to support PKK in Turkey

Syria
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