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MENASource

Feb 11, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 11, 2014

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

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

YemenSource | Six Regions Approved For Federal Transition

By YemenSource

The Regions Committee assembled by President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi has agreed on six regions for Yemen’s federated state.

Yemen
USS Donald Cook

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2014

The Next Chapter in European Presence and Partnerships

By Bruce W. Clingan, US Navy

USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) is heading east, on a course that will make the ship the first of four destroyers to be forward deployed in the Naval Forces Europe operating area.

Missile Defense NATO
French soldier in Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2010

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2014

New Era in French-American Military Cooperation

By François Heisbourg, New York Times

France worries deeply — as do other European and Middle Eastern allies — about America’s foreign policy shift after Iraq and Afghanistan, its reluctance to put American forces in the front line in the world’s trouble spots.

Europe & Eurasia France

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

Top News: Six hundred flee Homs in aid convoy; Men under fifty-five enter police custody

By MENASource

Six hundred people left the besieged ruins of rebel-held central Homs on Sunday, escaping more than a year of hunger and deprivation caused by one of the most protracted blockades of the conflict.

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, June 19, 2013

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2014

A More Useful Germany

By Editorial Board, New York Times

Addressing the opening session late last month of the Munich Security Conference, a yearly gathering of top Western diplomats and defense officials, President Joachim Gauck of Germany expressed sentiments that not many years ago would have brought demonstrators into the streets.

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MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

The Strategy of Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis

By David Barnett

“Stay away from the installations and headquarters of the Ministries of Defense and Interior.” This was the warning issued to Egyptian Muslims by the Salafi jihadist group known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) when it took credit for a September suicide car bombing that targeted Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim in Cairo.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

Security and Development Needed To Boost Tunisia’s Transition

By Ilana Hosios

Tunisia’s security seems relatively stable, especially when compared to the region. Yet, the reality on the ground is that of an uncertain and increasingly volatile environment.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

Top News: Al-Jazeera Crew Referred to Criminal Court; Sabbahy Officially Announces Presidential Bid

By EgyptSource

The trial of twenty Al-Jazeera crew members indicted on charges of inciting against Egypt and broadcasting false news is set to being on February 20. Eight of the defendants, including Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed, have already been detained. Prominent leftist politician Hamdeen Sabbahy announced on Saturday that he will run for president in this […]

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 10, 2014

By EconSource

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