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Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan with Russian president Vladimir Putin

NATOSource

Oct 31, 2013

Russian Base In Armenia Signals Role In Possible Karabakh War

By Radio Azatutyun

Russian troops stationed in Armenia could openly side with it in case of a renewed Armenian-Azerbaijani war for Nagorno-Karabakh, according to their top commander, Colonel Andrey Ruzinsky.

Russia The Caucasus

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

EconSource Headlines- October 31, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Syria: Ambassador Fred Hof to Testify Thursday Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

By MENASource

On Thursday, October 31 Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Ambassador Frederic C. Hof will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senate Committee will convene two panels to discuss the crisis in Syria.

Syria

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Hailing Hellfires

By Fatima Abo Alasrar

Apart from the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference that has been generating good news in the press, the country is on a rapidly deteriorating course toward uncertainty.

Yemen
“I think Europe is incredibly important to America”

NATOSource

Oct 30, 2013

SACEUR: European Allies Vital to Global Security

By Claudette Roulo, American Forces Press Service

It makes fiscal and strategic sense for the United States to continue to base troops in Europe, the officer who serves as NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command said today.

Europe & Eurasia International Security Assistance Force

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

A Place for Women in Egypt’s Transition

Women, who stood side-by-side with men at the frontlines of Egypt’s uprising facing off with Central Security Forces, have found themselves marginalized over the past two years. Issues relating to women’s rights have been sidelined as discussions over legislation under successive regimes instead focus on measures that would stifle civil society in Egypt, and crack […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Top News: Senior Brotherhood Leader Essam al-Erian Arrested

By EgyptSource

Essam al-Erian, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member who had been on the run, has been arrested early Wednesday in the Fifth Settlement neighborhood of Cairo, after 100 failed attempts to catch him, according to security sources.

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Top News: Leading Brotherhood Figure Essam El-Erian Arrested in Egypt

By MENASource

Egyptian security forces arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Essam El-Erian in the early hours of Wednesday, state television reported. Police received a tip off that El-Erian, the vice president of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Brotherhood’s political wing, was hiding in an apartment in Cairo’s upscale Fifth Settlement district.

Trade in Action

Oct 30, 2013

The Need for Transatlantic Trust

By Brett McGee

On October 29, Viviane Reding, vice president of the European Commission, was the keynote speaker at “Towards a More Dynamic Transatlantic Area of Growth and Investment,” an event at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations in Washington. Her speech comes at a time where the transatlantic community is both increasingly cooperative and marred […]

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

EconSource Headlines- October 30, 2013

By EconSource

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