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MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

Bustan Aquaponics: An Answer To Egypt’s Water Scarcity? [Video]

By Yara Enany

Bustan Aquaponics is Egypt’s first, and only, commercial aquaponics farm. Motivated by a changing landscape in a post-Mubarak Egypt, and by Egypt’s own water scarcity, Faris Farrag established the farm on the outskirts of Cairo in 2011.

North Africa
Dutch Panzerhaubitz in Afghanistan, Feb. 28. 2009

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2015

NATO’s 5 Most Lethal Weapons of War

By Kyle Mizokami, National Interest

Here are some of the alliance’s most lethal combat systems, each operated by two or more member states.

Germany NATO

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

Top News: UK Drone Strike Kills Three ISIS Fighters

By MENASource

Britain killed two of its nationals fighting for the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in its first air strike in Syria, said Prime Minister David Cameron.

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

Top News: Outgoing Agriculture Minister Detained Pending Investigation Into Corruption Charges

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s outgoing Agriculture Minister Salah Helal was arrested in Cairo on Monday after being told to step aside in connection with an investigation into corruption at his ministry, judicial and media sources said.

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Arabia to Cut Spending After Oil Price Decline

By EconSource

Saudi Arabia is cutting unnecessary expenses and delaying some projects to compensate for low oil prices, Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf said. His comments were the clearest official signal yet that Saudi Arabia is reducing expenditure in some areas.

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

Terms of Engagement with the Saudis

By Richard LeBaron

President Barack Obama met Saudi King Salman in the Oval Office last Friday. The visit did not get much media attention, but one would not expect massive coverage of a meeting on the Friday afternoon of the US Labor Day extended weekend.

Iran Saudi Arabia
Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 17, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 7, 2015

Putin’s Gamble: An End to NATO and Restoration of Russian Might

By Stephen R. Covington, Newsweek

Putin is rearming Russia, remilitarizing Russia’s overall approach to security, changing Russia’s defense concepts, adopting continuous destabilization strategies against neighboring states

Europe & Eurasia NATO
Troops participating in NATO's Noble Jump Exercise, June 18, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2015

The Politics of 2 Percent: NATO and the Security Vacuum in Europe

By Jan Techau, Carnegie Europe

In 1990, the then 14 European members of NATO spent around $314 billion on defense collectively. In 2015, the alliance’s now 26 European members are expected to spend around $227 billion on defense.

NATO Security & Defense
BritainPennyMordauntFeature

New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2015

Europe’s Migrant Crisis: Going After Traffickers, Not Taking in More Refugees, is the Answer, Says British Official

By Alejandro Alvarez

The best way to deal with the migrant crisis facing Europe is to shut down illegal human trafficking networks, not take in more refugees, Penny Mordaunt, the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, said at the Atlantic Council September 3. “The notion that if we just increase the number of people we’re […]

United Kingdom

MENASource

Sep 4, 2015

Top News: US-Saudi Talks to Focus on Iran, Yemen, and Syria

By MENASource

When King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s meets US President Barack Obama at the White House, the two leaders will be seeking a renewal of an historic US-Saudi strategic partnership recently threatened due to a rising set of challenges in the Middle East.

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