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MENASource

Jul 29, 2015

EconSource: BP Joins Total in Writing Off Oil Assets Amid Libya Conflict

By EconSource

Conflict in Libya has led European oil companies including British Petroleum (BP) and France’s Total SA to write off millions of dollars in investments in the country.

Then Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, May 28, 2010

NATOSource

Jul 28, 2015

Turkey’s Erdogan Calls on NATO to ‘Do Its Part’

By Anadolu Agency

Turkey’s president on Tuesday called on NATO to “do its part” in helping address the country’s concerns over security on its borders.

NATO Security & Defense
NATO meeting to discuss terrorists attacks in Turkey, July 28, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 28, 2015

NATO Backs Turkey on Islamic State, Some Allies Urge Peace with Kurds

By Robin Emmott and Nick Tattersall, Reuters

NATO gave Turkey its full political support in fighting militants in Syria and Iraq at an emergency meeting on Tuesday but several nations urged Ankara not to undermine the Kurdish peace process by using excessive military force.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2015

Courting Chaos in Libya

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Death sentences for Gadhafi’s son, eight others, another bad move by Tripoli, says Atlantic Council’s Karim Mezran The decision by a Tripoli court to sentence a son of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to death by firing squad is the latest in a series of “self-defeating maneuvers” by authorities in Libya’s capital, says the Atlantic […]

Libya

MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

The US-Turkey Alliance Against Whom?

By MENASource

The recent deal between Turkey and the United States that allows US air power to use the Incirlik airbase in exchange for maintaining a safe zone along the Turkish-Syrian border represents Turkey’s boldest step yet in the war on the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

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AfricaSource

Jul 28, 2015

President Obama in Africa: Making Liberal Americans and African Dictators Smile

By Bronwyn Bruton

In the many years that I spent working as a civil and human rights activist across East, West, Central and Southern Africa, I quickly learned that there is a surefire way to get a visa into Africa’s most repressive countries. When filling out the little box that asks for your purpose of visit, just say […]

Africa East Africa
North Atlantic Council meeting following Turkey’s request for Article 4 consultations, July 28, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 28, 2015

NATO Allies Issue Statement of Solidarity with Turkey

By NATO

The North Atlantic Council met today at Turkey’s request to hold consultations under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty, which states that “the parties will consult whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence, or security of any of the parties is threatened.”

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

Top News: Syrian Opposition Backs Safe Zone Calls; NATO Warns Turkey Against Excessive Force

By MENASource

Head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) Khaled Khoja urged NATO partners meeting in Brussels today to support the establishment of a “safe zone” in northern Syria. Khoja said that it would protect civilians from the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) and President Bashar al-Assad’s indiscriminate aerial bombardment.

EconoGraphics

Jul 28, 2015

Where Are US Sanctions Imposed?

By Global Business and Economics

On July 14, the United States, along with the P5+1, struck a deal with Iran to ease the heavy financial and banking sanctions that starved the country's economy. Over the next decade, financial and trade sanctions will gradually be lifted, giving Iran the ability to export its plentiful oil and gas reserves and to purchase goods from abroad.

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

Top News: Senators Urge Kerry to Focus on Political Reform, Human Rights During US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue

By EgyptSource

US Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Bob Casey (D-PA) wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday, ahead of the upcoming US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue on August 2, urging that “political […]

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