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MENASource

Sep 19, 2013

Top News: Egypt Police Storm Kerdasa, One Officer Killed

By EgyptSource

Egyptian security forces clashed with gunmen on the outskirts of Cairo on Thursday as the army-backed government moved to reassert control over an Islamist-dominated area where political violence broke out last month.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 19, 2013

There Will Be No Syrian Solution Until the Shelling Stops

By Frederic C. Hof

“Government forces continued to rely on heavy and often indiscriminate firepower to target areas they were unwilling or unable to recapture through ground operations. A variety of fire assets, including missiles, jet fighters and artillery, were systematically employed against restive localities to prevent a return to normality under armed group control and to sanction the […]

Syria

New Atlanticist

Sep 18, 2013

The Syrian Sisyphus

By Harlan Ullman

The framework for elimination of Syrian chemical weapons agreed to last week by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov could, and could is the operative word, potentially become the most stunning geostrategic event in global security since Richard Nixon’s outreach to China and the demise of the Soviet Union. […]

Russia Syria

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

How to Reclaim Egypt’s Lost Revolution

By Tarek Radwan

The crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi on August 14 was a watershed moment in Egypt’s transition, yet the passing of its one-month anniversary might mark the passing of the window of opportunity for reviving Egypt’s fragile march towards democracy. The clamoring over the new Egyptian constitution is taking place amid a sustained crackdown […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Draft Constitutional Amendments: On the Shura Council and Judicial Powers

By Yussef Auf

As the fifty-member constitutional committee continues to discuss amendments, there are several changes made by the ten-member legal committee tasked with drafting the amendments that are worth noting, many of which could have a detrimental effect on the parliament as well as on the judiciary. In regard to the Shura Council, the appointment of the public […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Sep 18, 2013

Iran’s Footprint in Syria

By Henry Johnson

While US strategy towards Syria has been mired by indecision, Iran has steadily entrenched its interests in the war-torn country. Iran has pursued a two-track policy of, on the one hand, directly propping up the regime, and, on the other, equipping and training militias loyal to Bashar al-Assad. It has also promoted the convergence of […]

Iran Syria

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Top News: Frenchman Dies After Egypt Police Cell Beating; Jailed Canadians Begin Hunger Strike

By EgyptSource

A French citizen died while in police custody after being detained for breaking curfew, a security source told the website of the state daily al-Ahram, two Canadians jailed in Egypt have started a hunger strike to protest their “arbitrary” detention.

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Dalga: The Brotherhood’s Doublespeak Continues

By Mina Fayek

The Brotherhood’s penchant for doublespeak is nothing new. In April 2013, in the aftermath of the Boston Bombings, and in September 2012, in the wake of the attack on the US embassies in Libya and Egypt, the Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, were quick to condemn the attacks, in English. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Top News: Frenchman Dies After Egypt Police Cell Beating

By MENASource

France’s foreign ministry says a Frenchman died while in police custody in the Egyptian capital. The ministry said Tuesday it was seeking details about the death of the man who Egyptian authorities say was killed by cellmates while in police custody in Cairo.

New Atlanticist

Sep 18, 2013

European Values, not Geopolitics, Should Decide Ukraine’s European Integration

By Taras Kuzio

The European Parliament on September 12 called on Russia to respect the right of EU Eastern Partnership members such as Ukraine to enter Association Agreements and not use trade sanctions, forcing them to choose the Eurasian over the European Union. The trade war is music to the ears of the authoritarian Ukrainian authorities who have […]

Eastern Europe European Union
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