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Sep 3, 2013

Top News: Judicial Advisory Body Recommends Dissolution of Egypt’s Brotherhood; Morsi Referred to Criminal Court

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s State Commissioners Authority, a body that advises the government on legal issues, has recommended the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood. Late on Sunday, Egypt’s prosecutor-general ordered the referral of cases against deposed president Mohamed Morsi and fourteen other defendants to criminal court, concerning their alleged responsibility for clashes that took place last December in front […]

North Africa
Assad regime "poses a clear and present danger to the alliance"

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Sep 3, 2013

NATO Must Help Obama on Syria

By James G. Stavridis, New York Times

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization must be part of an international effort to respond to the crisis in Syria, beginning immediately with punitive strikes

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MENASource

Aug 30, 2013

This Week in Egypt – August 30, 2013

By Amira Mikhail

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 30, 2013

Why the Muslim Brotherhood Fell Politically (Part II)

By Yussef Auf

The Muslim Brotherhood reached the pinnacle of power in Egypt on June 30, 2012, by way of its candidate Mohamed Morsi. However, power did not remain in their hands for long, with the president ousted on July 3, 2013. Regardless of how Mohamed Morsi came to power and regardless of the events of June 30 […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 30, 2013

Top News: Egypt Brotherhood Protests Draw Tens of Thousands

By EgyptSource

Tens of thousands of protesters and Muslim Brotherhood supporters rallied Friday throughout Egypt against a military coup and a bloody security crackdown, though tanks and armored police vehicles barred them from converging in major squares.

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 29, 2013

Why the Muslim Brotherhood Fell Politically (Part I)

By Yussef Auf

March 31, 2012, not July 3, 2013 is the true date of the political fall of the Muslim Brotherhood. On March 31, the Muslim Brotherhood’s General Shura Council (GSC) voted on whether to field a candidate for the Egyptian presidential elections in May 2012. The decision to field a candidate was approved by a narrow […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 29, 2013

Top News: Nour Party Submits Future Vision to Interim Government

By EgyptSource

Salafi Nour Party has laid out their position on Egypt’s political road map, according to Party Chairman Younis Makhyoun, who submitted the plan to Ahmed al-Muslimany, the president’s media advisor, along with their reservations on various constitutional amendments. 

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 29, 2013

Jobs for Guns in Libya

By Svetlana Milbert and Lara Talverdian

The wave of violence and instability that has gripped Libya over the last few months continues to undermine political progress and threatens to derail economic developments.

Libya

Issue Brief

Aug 29, 2013

The Libyan economy after the revolution: Still no clear vision

By Mohsin Khan and Karim Mezran

In the latest issue brief from the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center, authors Mohsin Khan and Karim Mezran evaluate the Libyan economy and progress since popular uprisings in February 2011 and the eventual ouster of the Muammar Qaddafi regime. Virtually all economic activity, especially oil production (the mainstay of the Libyan economy) witnessed a dramatic […]

Libya

MENASource

Aug 28, 2013

Fighting Lions and Brothers in Mansoura

By Eric Knecht

In the summer of 2011 Sayed al-Essawi, an Egyptian man claiming superhuman strength, briefly made international news when he challenged a lion to a death match. The bout—which al-Essawi described as a means to revive Egyptian tourism and prove that man is stronger than lion—was anticlimactic. With cameras rolling, Essawi shuffled around an oversized cage […]

North Africa

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