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Libya

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In the News

Apr 21, 2016

Hellyer Quoted by the Financial Times on the Recent Demonstrations in Egypt Against President al Sisi

By H. A. Hellyer

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North Africa

In the News

Apr 21, 2016

El Sirgany in CNN: Italian Student’s Killing Pulls Egyptian Family Into Web of Deaths, Dead Ends

By Sarah El Sirgany

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North Africa

In the News

Apr 20, 2016

Eljarh Quoted by Newsweek on the Transitional Government in Libya and the Libyan Peace Process

By Mohamed Eljarh

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Libya

New Atlanticist

Apr 19, 2016

‘Vague’ Requests for Help Will Hinder Effort to Stabilize Libya

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Karim Mezran says new government in Tripoli risks falling into the same trap as its predecessors Vague requests for assistance by the United Nations-backed government in Libya will undermine Western governments’ ability to stabilize the North African nation that has been plunged in chaos since the ouster of its longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi […]

Libya

MENASource

Apr 19, 2016

What Egypt’s Red Sea Island Protests Mean

By H.A. Hellyer

Thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo and elsewhere on April 15 to demonstrate against the transfer of two islands from Egyptian control to Saudi Arabia. They were the largest non-Islamist demonstrations since the forced removal of former president, Mohamed Morsi, in 2013 by the military. Then, as Defense Minister, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was proclaimed as […]

North Africa

In the News

Apr 14, 2016

Gold Quoted by al Ahram on the Ceding of Two Egyptian Islands to Saudi Arabia and Saudi-Iran-US Relations

By Zack Gold

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Iran North Africa

MENASource

Apr 14, 2016

President Obama and GCC Leaders: Let’s Talk about Jobs

By Richard LeBaron

When President Barack Obama meets his Gulf Cooperation counterparts in Riyadh on April 21, he will yet again reassure them about the US commitment to Gulf security and once again they will work through a litany of regional issues, focusing on Syria, Yemen, and Iran.  There is little expectation of startling results, and given the […]

International Organizations North Africa

MENASource

Apr 13, 2016

Rebalancing International Forces to Safely Carry out Their Mission in Egypt’s Sinai

By Zack Gold

Amid deteriorating security in North Sinai, a Pentagon spokesperson acknowledged on April 12 that the Obama administration is reviewing options to minimize exposure of international peacekeeping forces to a growing threat in the peninsula. Despite unprecedented security relations between Israel and Egypt, both insist on the importance of the Multinational Forces and Observers (MFO); and […]

Israel North Africa

In the News

Apr 13, 2016

Hellyer Quoted by The Guardian on Egypt’s Investigation of Giulio Regeni’s Murder

By H. A. Hellyer

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North Africa

In the News

Apr 13, 2016

Hellyer Quoted by Reuters on Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt

By H. A. Hellyer

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North Africa Saudi Arabia

Experts