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MENASource

Jan 15, 2016

Top News: Activists Detained in Egypt Ahead of Uprising Anniversary

By EgyptSource

Egyptian authorities are rounding up activists ahead of the fifth anniversary of the January 25 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak and have detained at least five people this week. Doctors’ Syndicate member Taher Mokhtar and his two roommates, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Hossam al-Din Hamad, were arrested Thursday following a raid on their downtown […]

MENASource

Jan 15, 2016

EconSource: Qatar Raises Local Gasoline Price by 30 Percent

By EconSource

Qatar raised domestic prices of gasoline by 30 percent at midnight on Thursday, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported, as low oil and gas prices put pressure on the national budget.

SyriaSource

Jan 14, 2016

Women’s Roles in Deir Ezzor during the Syrian Revolution

By Fikram

Women in Deir Ezzor have supported the Syrian revolution in various ways since its beginning. During the early stages of the revolution, women held active roles, including those that were viewed as exclusively male dominated, such as carrying weapons in the armed opposition. Despite the seizure of most of the province by the Islamic State […]

Syria

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2016

Indonesia an obvious target as ISIS seeks to expand footprint

By John T. Watts

The terrorist attacks in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, on January 14 are concerning, but hardly surprising. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attacks, a first for the group inside the world’s largest Muslim country. It is clear that ISIS is seeking to increase its global footprint and searching for […]

Indo-Pacific

MENASource

Jan 14, 2016

The Brotherhood in the Shadow of the January 25 Anniversary

By Khaled Dawoud

Reports on growing differences within Egypt’s largest political Islamic group have been rife since the army’s removal of former President, and Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Morsi in 2013. Divisions over the Brotherhood’s strategy in fighting what they call a “military coup,” and the level of violence that should be involved, have become increasingly public. This […]

North Africa

SyriaSource

Jan 14, 2016

Top News: January 14, 2016

By SyriaSource

– World powers push for lifting sieges in Syria – Second aid convoy departs for besieged Syrian communities – Lebanon turns back on Syrian refugees – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Turkish artillery hit ISIS positions in Iraq and Syria– Iraq receives Saudi envoy credentials despite anti-Riyadh anger– US Special Forces ‘now in place’ in Iraq

Syria

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2016

Poland’s Right Turn Worries Brussels

By Ashish Kumar Sen

But European Commission seen unlikely to punish Warsaw Poland has been widely hailed as the poster child of democracy in Eastern Europe in the decades since the collapse of communism. Is that about to change under the ruling Law and Justice Party? After sweeping to power in October, the Law and Justice Party (PiS), led […]

Poland

Trade in Action

Jan 14, 2016

TTIP&TRADEinAction – January 14, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave her support for TTIP on her weekly podcast on Saturday, January 10. (The Federal Chancellor) Make your tax-deductable donation to support TTIP&TRADEinAction Donate Now President Obama Talks TPP in his Final State of the Union Address: “… we forged a Trans-Pacific Partnership to open markets, and protect workers and the […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Jan 14, 2016

Western Options in a Muslim Battle of Ideas

By Matthew Bryza

Each act of terrorism prompts confusion and fear on both sides of the Atlantic. Television reports following each new attack are ritualized: policymakers condemn terrorists’ “cowardice” and “barbarism” but offer no policy antidote other than stepped-up policing at home and military operations in Syria and Iraq, while private citizens incredulously explain their neighbors “showed no […]

MENASource

Jan 14, 2016

Top Story: Thousands in Tunis mark revolt anniversary

By MENASource

Thousands gathered in the Tunisian capital Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of the overthrow of longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the uprising that inspired the Arab Spring. Tunisians thronged Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the main thoroughfare in central Tunis and the epicenter of the country’s revolution five years ago.

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