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MENASource

Jun 6, 2017

Latest ISIS Attack in Egypt Leaves Christians Feeling Out of Place at Home

By Jihad Abaza

“Girgis and I used to go to the monastery together. It was a getaway, and we enjoyed serving the priests and volunteering our time. We would rent a small truck, or a motorcycle, and we would go once every week, or every ten days,” Eid Ishak says, as he recalled the trips he and his […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 6, 2017

Haftar and Salafism: A Dangerous Game

By Ahmed Salah Ali

There is a contradiction in General Khalifa Haftar’s narrative. Although he denounces his opponents as “takfiri terrorists and Kharijites” and accuses Misrata of employing political Islam, turning to takfiri groups for help, embracing the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh), and supporting Ansar al-Sharia, he also has strong ties to Salafist […]

Libya

In the News

Jun 4, 2017

Miller in the Arab Weekly: Egyptian Strikes in Libya Reflect Entrenched Interests

By Elissa Miller

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Libya North Africa

In the News

Jun 3, 2017

Eljarh Quoted by the Libya Herald on Libyan National Army Progress in the Jufra Airbase

By Mohamed Eljarh

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Libya

In the News

Jun 1, 2017

Hellyer and Eljarh Quoted by Reuters on Egyptian Intervention in Libya

By H.A. Hellyer, Mohamed Eljarh

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Libya North Africa

MENASource

May 30, 2017

Former Presidential Candidate Khaled Ali Referred to Trial Amid Wave of Arrests in Egypt

By Dalia Rabie

Lawyer and former presidential candidate, Khaled Ali, was sentenced to trial Wednesday in light of a complaint filed against him for public indecency. Ali was summoned for investigation and detained overnight on Tuesday amid a wave of arrests targeting members of political parties and groups over the past week.

North Africa

In the News

May 29, 2017

Hellyer Quoted by Reuters on Egypt Issuance of Controversial NGO Law

By H.A. Hellyer

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North Africa

In the News

May 28, 2017

Miller in the Arab Weekly: The Perils of Mounting Escalation in Libya

By Elissa Miller

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Libya

In the News

May 26, 2017

Hellyer in the Atlantic: Why Do Coptic Christians Keep Getting Attacked?

By H.A. Hellyer

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North Africa

MENASource

May 25, 2017

The Barak al-Shati Massacre Shows a Weakened UN-Supported Government and a Fractured Country

By Hani Shennib

On May 18, militias belonging to the Misratan Third Force and its affiliates launched an attack on the Libyan National Army (LNA) in Barak al-Shati, an airport base in the Libyan province of Fezzan, and killed 141 Libyan army personnel and civilians, according to LNA sources. Many were unarmed and were shot in the head […]

Libya

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