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EconSource: Former Finance Minister to Take Charge of Economy in New Turkish Cabinet

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Aug 25, 2025

Dispatch from Syria’s Christian strongholds: A new government, a full political spectrum

The conditions of Christian communities across the country remain varied, with the opinions of religious and community leaders deeply mixed.

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EconSource: Former Finance Minister to Take Charge of Economy in New Turkish Cabinet

MENASource
Aug 5, 2025

Did the Israel-Iran war expose China’s Middle East policy?

By
Andrea Ghiselli

The region’s importance in Beijing’s foreign policy is limited and, thus, not much energy and resources are invested in long-term planning.

China
Iran

EconSource: Former Finance Minister to Take Charge of Economy in New Turkish Cabinet

MENASource
Jul 31, 2025

Beyond tariffs: Building a win-win relationship between the US and Iraq

By
Ahmed Tabaqchali

Iraq is among the countries to face a 30 percent tariff starting August 1 on its exports to the United States.

Energy Markets & Governance
Iraq

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Nov 24, 2015

EconSource: Former Finance Minister to Take Charge of Economy in New Turkish Cabinet

By EconSource

Former Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek will be in charge of the economy as Deputy Prime Minister in a new cabinet in which allies of President Tayyip Erdogan took key posts.

MENASource

Nov 24, 2015

What Went Wrong With Leon’s Libya Agreement?

By Azza K. Maghur

After a long and difficult journey in the Libyan political minefield that deeply affected both his mission and reputation, UN Special Representative to Libya Bernardino Leon left his post and has been replaced by the newly appointed envoy Martin Kobler on November 17. Leon’s legacy leaves neither a signed agreement between Libyan participants to the […]

Libya

MENASource

Nov 24, 2015

Top News: Four dead in North Sinai Militant Attacks on Hotel Hosting Judges

By EgyptSource

Four people—a judge, a prosecutor, and two security personnel—were killed Tuesday, and fourteen were injured in North Sinai’s al-Arish during attacks on a hotel where judges supervising the ongoing parliamentary polls were residing.

MENASource

Nov 24, 2015

The Libya Peace Talks are Dead, Long Live the Peace Talks

By Karim Mezran

The negotiated agreement crafted under the guidance of the United Nation’s Secretary Representative of the Secretary General (UN SRSG) Bernardino Leon, despite all of its flaws and the scandal recently unveiled regarding Leon’s dealings with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), remains the only game in town. This is the mantra repeated in foreign diplomatic and political […]

Libya

MENASource

Nov 23, 2015

Top News: Houthis Rebels to Travel to Oman for Preliminary Peace Consultations

By MENASource

A Houthi delegation will travel to Oman on Saturday for preliminary consultations on UN-sponsored Geneva peace talks aimed at resolving Yemen’s complex civil war, Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam said.

MENASource

Nov 23, 2015

Top News: Voting Underway in Egypt for Second Stage of Parliamentary Elections

By EgyptSource

Polling stations opened in thirteen Egyptian governorates on Sunday, including Cairo, for two days of voting in the second stage of the 2015 parliamentary elections.

MENASource

Nov 23, 2015

FACTBOX: Evolution of the Islamic State’s Chemical Weapons Capacity

By Andrea Taylor

Days after the terror attack in Paris, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the French parliament the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) presents a “risk [to France] of chemical or bacteriological weapons.”

Iraq Syria

MENASource

Nov 23, 2015

EconSource: Algeria Sees Energy Earnings, Reserves Dropping Sharply in 2016

By EconSource

Algeria’s energy earnings are forecast to fall to $26.4 billion and foreign exchange reserves to $121 billion as low oil prices cut into the country’s economy, Finance Minister Abderrahmane Benkhalfa said on Sunday.

MENASource

Nov 20, 2015

Top News: UN Condemns Syria over Rights Violations

A UN General Assembly committee strongly condemned human rights violations in Syria and said perpetrators of war crimes should face trial. A resolution presented by Saudi Arabia was adopted by a vote of 115 to 15, with 51 abstentions.

MENASource

Nov 20, 2015

EconSource: Egypt, Russia Sign Deal to Build a Nuclear Power Plant

By EconSource

Russia on Thursday signed an agreement with Egypt to build the country’s first nuclear power plant. Russia also agreed to extend a loan to Egypt to cover the cost of construction.

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