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MENASource

Jul 10, 2015

EconSource: IMF Further Cuts Saudi Growth Projections

By EconSource

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday further cut its growth projections for Saudi Arabia’s oil dependent economy despite a rebound in crude oil prices.

MENASource

Jul 10, 2015

A Look at the 2014 State Department Human Rights Report on Egypt

By Amy Hawthorne and Elissa Miller

Four months after the congressionally mandated due date, the US State Department finally released its 2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.  The report on Egypt paints a disturbing picture of the human rights crisis afflicting the country since the military ousted former president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood on July 3, 2013, following […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Jul 9, 2015

At Four Years Old, South Sudan is the ‘World’s Most Failed State’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Pham says President Salva Kiir must step down to give his country a chance Four years after it won independence from Sudan following decades of war, South Sudan is once again trapped in a vicious cycle of conflict that has turned the world’s youngest nation into a failed state, says the Atlantic Council’s […]

East Africa

AfricaSource

Jul 9, 2015

Is Nigeria’s Other Insurgency Making a Comeback?

By Dafe Oputu

Even as Nigeria struggles to fight against Boko Haram insurgents in its northeast, a dangerous but forgotten conflict on the other side of the country is resurfacing. Before the rise of Boko Haram, the conflict in the southern Niger Delta region had long been considered the most potent threat to Nigeria’s security. Over the years, […]

Nigeria

SyriaSource

Jul 9, 2015

Trouble in Train-and-Equip Land

By Frederic C. Hof

On July 7, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter revealed to incredulous members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon is currently training sixty Syrian anti-Assad rebels to fight the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).  Even in the context of a train-and-equip program that has aimed fatally low from the outset—some 15,000 fighters over […]

Syria

Europe After The Vote

Jul 9, 2015

Every Effort Being Made to Avoid Grexit, says European Commission’s Dombrovskis

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Official says Greece needs to be credible partner to avoid Eurozone exit Every effort is being made to keep Greece in the Eurozone, but the Greek government has to show that it can be a genuine partner by presenting a credible reform proposal in its bid to secure a bailout, a senior European Commission official […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union
Gen. Raymond Odierno and Ukrainian Gen. Oleh Garchu, July 8, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 9, 2015

US Planning To Train More Ukrainian Forces, May Include Armor and Airborne Troops

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

U.S. and Ukrainian officials are making plans to expand the training of Ukrainian military forces at a training base in the western part of the country, officials said Wednesday.

Russia Ukraine

MENASource

Jul 9, 2015

Top News: UN Says More Than Four Million Refugees Have Now Fled Syria

By MENASource

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Thursday that more than four million Syrians have fled abroad since the civil war began in 2011 and an additional 7.6 million people have been displaced from their homes within Syria.

MENASource

Jul 9, 2015

Top News: Egypt to Buy Border Surveillance System from Pentagon for $100 Million

By EgyptSource

Egyptian officials want to buy high-tech American border surveillance equipment, the Pentagon said Wednesday, citing Cairo’s desire to better monitor its borders with Libya specifically and other countries, as well.

MENASource

Jul 9, 2015

EconSource: World Bank Approves $350 Million Aid Package for Iraq

By EconSource

The World Bank (WB) approved a $350 million financial assistance package earlier this week to help rebuild infrastructure in Iraq that has been damaged by war and restore public services in local areas.

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