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Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 12, 2012

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Sep 9, 2015

Putin Allies Aided Russian Mafia in Spain, Prosecutors Say

By Esteban Duarte and Henry Meyer, Bloomberg News

Some of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, including the chairman of OAO Gazprom, a deputy premier and two former ministers, helped one of Russia’s largest criminal groups operate out of Spain for more than a decade, prosecutors in Madrid say.

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MENASource

Sep 9, 2015

The President’s Men: A Rundown of the For the Love of Egypt Coalition

By Khaled Dawoud

With Egypt’s parliamentary elections slated to begin on October 17, political parties are once again publicly cementing the coalitions in which they will participate as they gear up for the polls. The most prominent of these coalitions, For the Love of Egypt, has succeeded in attracting well established and new parties alike. 

North Africa
Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Jan. 25, 2005

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Sep 9, 2015

Russian Troops Join Combat in Syria – Sources

By Reuters

Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on Wednesday.

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NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers, Jan. 31, 2012

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Sep 9, 2015

NSA Chief Says Cyberattack at Pentagon Was Sophisticated, Persistent

By Damian Paletta, Wall Street Journal

A recent breach of the unclassified network for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff was persistent and evolved quickly from a failed attack just a week before, the head of the National Security Agency said Tuesday,

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Sep 9, 2015

Top News: Turkish Forces Enter Iraq as PKK Violence Escalates; Nationalists Attack HDP Headquarters

By MENASource

Turkish forces crossed into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish militants Tuesday in response to deadly rebel attacks.

MENASource

Sep 9, 2015

Morocco’s Local Elections: A Polarized Political Landscape

By Karim Mezran

For the first time since the Islamist leaning Justice and Development Party (PJD) came to power in Morocco via national legislative elections four years ago, the country went to the polls in regional and communal elections on September 4.

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MENASource

Sep 9, 2015

Top News: Eni CEO Says Egyptian Gas Find Estimate Conservative, Could be Raised

By EgyptSource

The estimate of 850 billion cubic meters of gas for Eni’s giant gas find off the coast of Egypt is “conservative” and could be increased, the chief executive of the Italian oil and gas group said on Wednesday.

MENASource

Sep 9, 2015

EconSource: Tunisia to Start IMF Negotiations Over New Credit Program

By EconSource

Tunisia will start negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a new credit program that will likely be worth at least $1.7 billion, its central bank chief said on Wednesday.

UkraineAlert

Sep 9, 2015

Reforms Will Succeed, But They Alone Won’t Save Ukraine

By Andreas Umland

Will Ukraine make it? Conditions necessary for Ukraine’s current reform drive to succeed look more promising than they did in 2013. Not only does Ukraine now have its most pro-European parliament and reform-oriented government since independence in 1991; it’s also seen at least four other significant shifts in domestic politics that, taken together, render any […]

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UkraineAlert

Sep 9, 2015

Russia from Ukraine to Syria: Helping the Cat Down the Tree

By Ariel Cohen

Russia’s military involvement in Syria and Ukraine obligates the United States and its European allies to bring the Kremlin back to Earth and recognize that such adventures cannot be sustained indefinitely. Russia simply does not have the money and human resources to do so in view of low oil prices and birth rates. It will […]

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