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MENASource

Jul 24, 2014

Top News: Iraq Elects a New President

By MENASource

On Thursday Iraq’s parliament elected Kurdish politician Fuad Masum as federal president. The election of the president comes as much need push for a formation of a new power-sharing government. The election comes as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon traveled to Iraq and held a meeting with Iraq’s top Shia cleric.

MENASource

Jul 24, 2014

Top News: Egyptian Army Blocks Aid Convoy to Gaza; Additional Convoy en Route to Gaza

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s army prevented an aid convoy of medical supplies from crossing the border to the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Thursday, the popular campaign to support Gaza has said in a statement. Meanwhile, the Egyptian military intelligence services allowed another aid convoy to support Gaza to pass through one of the checkpoints en route to the Palestinian strip, […]

MENASource

Jul 24, 2014

EconSource: Tunisia’s Jomaa– There is No Austerity Strategy in Supplementary Finance Bill

By EconSource

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

New Atlanticist

Jul 24, 2014

Chief of Russian-Backed Militia: Yes, Rebels Actually Had That Missile

By James Rupert

Khodakovsky Blames Ukraine for Provoking What He Says Indeed May Have Been a Rebel Shootdown of MH-17 A senior commander of Russian-backed proxy forces fighting in southeast Ukraine confirmed today that the separatist militias indeed have been armed with the model of medium-range anti-aircraft missile that the US and Ukrainian governments say was used last […]

Russia Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jul 23, 2014

DIRECT TRANSLATION: Russian Army Gunner Brags, ‘All Night We Pounded Ukraine’

By Irena Chalupa

Russian Soldiers and Paramilitaries Post Stories and Pictures of Their War on Ukraine Perhaps he was bragging, perhaps he thought he was doing his job and being patriotic. Whatever the reason, Russian army soldier Vadim Grigoriev recently piled on further evidence of Russia’s escalating – and increasingly direct – attacks on Ukraine. Using Russia’s version […]

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Protest in Prague, July 14, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2014

Putin’s Crime, Europe’s Cowardice

By Bernard-Henri Lévy, New York Times

Faced with this new Lockerbie, will we in the West do no more than beg Mr. Putin to provide “free and complete” access to the crash site and offer “full cooperation” in the recovery of remains?

Europe & Eurasia France
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, May 8, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2014

President of Poland Calls for Strengthening NATO’s Eastern Flank

By Office of the President of Poland

The Ukrainian-Russian conflict is the biggest challenge for European security since the time of the Cold War, according to President Bronislaw Komorowski. The Polish president is in favour of strengthening NATO’s eastern flank.

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New Atlanticist

Jul 23, 2014

Amid All the Bad News, Ukraine Is Fighting Back: With Reforms

By Sabine Freizer

President, Prime Minister and Civil Society Groups Push for Transparency; Parliament and Bureaucracy Will Be Obstacles The past week’s news from Russia’s mad proxy war in southeast Ukraine has been brutally shocking: the shooting down of Flight MH17, the remains of passengers left in wheat fields and train cars as investigators negotiated with separatist thugs, […]

Ukraine

MENASource

Jul 23, 2014

International Statements about Egypt’s Efforts to Secure a Gaza Ceasefire

By EgyptSource

As the deadliest conflict seen in Gaza in the past five years rages on, Egypt has made attempts to resume its role as mediator between the Israeli and Palestinian authorities. A ceasefire proposal was announced on July 14, which was consequently accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas. While the Egyptian initiative has received international […]

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French President François Hollande and President Barack Obama, Feb. 11, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2014

Members of Congress Urge Obama to Make Personal Appeal to Stop Mistral Sale to Russia

By Mark R. Warner, Mark Kirk, Adam Kinzinger, and William R. Keating

Text of letter to President Barack Obama from US lawmakers.

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