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MENASource

Sep 2, 2014

Top News: Libyan Parliament Reappoints PM as Government Loses Grip on Ministries

By MENASource

Libya’s parliament reappointed Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni on Monday as the government lost control of ministries in the capital where armed groups have taken over and a separate parliament has claimed legitimacy.

MENASource

Sep 2, 2014

EconSource: IMF Approves $217 Million Loan Disbursement to Tunisia

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

MENASource

Sep 2, 2014

Protests in Yemen Expose Weak Governance and Poor Economic Planning

By Danya Greenfield and Svetlana Milbert

Estimates of 10,000 Yemenis protesting in the streets of Sana’a against lifting fuel subsidies have prompted international concern—mostly regarding the Houthi movement’s ability to mobilize such masses in their aggressive game of Russian roulette with the Yemeni government.

Yemen
SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove and Spanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenés, July 2, 2014

NATOSource

Sep 1, 2014

Special Summit Series: Spain, Portugal, and NATO

By Jorge Benitez

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen described the Russia/Ukraine crisis as “the gravest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War.”

Cybersecurity Missile Defense

New Atlanticist

Aug 29, 2014

Ambassador Matthew Bryza on President Obama’s Estonia Visit

By New Atlanticist

Ahead of the NATO Summit next week, President Barack Obama will visit Estonia to reassure Baltic allies of US support amid Russian aggression in Ukraine. In Tallinn, President Obama is to meet the presidents of all three Baltic states: Estonia’s Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Latvia’s Andris Berzins, and Lithuania’s Dalia Grybauskaite.

NATO Northern Europe
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, March 5, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 29, 2014

NATO Urges Russia to Stop Its ‘Illegal Military Actions’ in Ukraine

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

We have just held an extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, following the serious escalation of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. The meeting was held at Ukraine’s request.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Aug 29, 2014

Hunger Strikes: Egypt’s Last Vestige of Dissent

By Khaled Dawoud

After a midnight visit to his father, lying in critical condition at hospital, well-known jailed activist, Alaa Abdel-Fattah announced on August 19 his hunger strike, bringing attention to his demand for release while on trial over charges of organizing an unauthorized protest. His decision renewed a relatively stalled effort calling for the release of dozens […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 29, 2014

Top News: Obama Says He Doesn’t Have A Strategy Yet To Combat ISIS

By MENASource

President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he has not yet developed a strategy to combat Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants. Obama said that he had asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to prepare “a range of options” for confronting ISIS, […]

MENASource

Aug 29, 2014

Top News: Egypt Detains Policemen Captured on Video Abusing Corpse

By EgyptSource

  Egyptian authorities are probing allegations of police abuse after a video circulated online showing three policemen taunting a nearly naked corpse, a senior police official said on Thursday.

MENASource

Aug 29, 2014

Syria: Waiting For Washington’s Reply

By Frederic C. Hof

As President Barack Obama and his key advisors calculate how best to make life difficult for the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Syria, one thing is abundantly clear from the president’s words: US collaboration with the Assad regime is beyond the pale.

Syria
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