With curated multimedia series focused on hard hitting issues such climate change as well as current events, MENASource seeks to explore all facets of life in the region as affected by political, security, economic, and cultural issues.

Of particular focus and interest are the minorities, women, and the youth populations across the region and how they are affected by the changing environments.

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EconSource: Cheap Oil Weans Gulf State Firms Off Public Purse, Pushes Them to Market

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Jul 29, 2025

Inside the Israeli government’s starvation of Gaza, from an aid group trying to deliver food

Israel has systematically denied aid entry into Gaza, and perpetuated false narratives intended to discredit the humanitarian community.

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EconSource: Cheap Oil Weans Gulf State Firms Off Public Purse, Pushes Them to Market

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Jul 30, 2025

After Swaida: How Syria’s periphery is shaping its future

By
Ibrahim Al-Assil

What comes next in Syria will not be determined by battlefield victories or summit declarations, but by the evolving realities on the ground.

Conflict
Democratic Transitions

EconSource: Cheap Oil Weans Gulf State Firms Off Public Purse, Pushes Them to Market

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Jul 24, 2025

An open wound, a fading light: Marking eleven years since the Yezidi genocide

By
Pari Ibrahim and Murad Ismael

One consequence of the Middle East’s shifting landscape has been an erosion of international attention on Yezidi issues.

Human Rights
International Norms

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Oct 26, 2015

EconSource: Cheap Oil Weans Gulf State Firms Off Public Purse, Pushes Them to Market

By EconSource

Gulf state-linked firms are being forced to wean themselves off direct government funding and focus more on capital markets and private investment as they push ahead with projects in an era of cheap oil.

MENASource

Oct 23, 2015

Iraqi Kurdistan Needs a Referendum to Resolve its Political Crisis

By Nussaibah Younis

Iraqi Kurdistan is often hailed as a democratic, reliable, and effective partner for Western powers engaging with Iraq, but the political crisis that has overtaken the region this year has exposed just how fragile and problematic the Iraqi Kurdish political system really is.

Iraq

MENASource

Oct 23, 2015

Top News: Russia, US, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia Seek Solution to Syrian War in Vienna

By MENASource

US Secretary of State John Kerry opened talks in Vienna on Friday with his Russian, Saudi, and Turkish counterparts aimed at reviving a moribund effort to end Syria’s civil war.

MENASource

Oct 23, 2015

Top News: Security Forces Arrest Senior Brotherhood Figure Hassan Malek

By EgyptSource

Egyptian security forces arrested Hassan Malek, a leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, security officials said.

MENASource

Oct 23, 2015

EconSource: Islamic State Earning Up to $50 Million a Month in Oil Sales

By EconSource

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) is raking in up to $50 million a month from selling crude oil from fields under its control in Iraq and Syria, according to Iraqi intelligence and US officials.

MENASource

Oct 22, 2015

Photo Essay: The Citizens Speak

By Jonathan Rashad

Final figures for Egypt’s parliamentary elections have been announced, with voter turnout reaching 26 percent in the first phase. With only four independent seats secured, voters will be expected to go to the polls once again to cast their votes for the remaining 222 seats in run-off elections. The vote also has yet to take […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Oct 22, 2015

Top News: US Soldier Killed Freeing ISIS Prisoners in Iraq

A US soldier was killed on Thursday morning as American and Kurdish commandos raided an ISIS outpost near the northern Iraqi town of Hawija, freeing prisoners and capturing some of the militants, Iraqi and American officials said.

MENASource

Oct 22, 2015

Top News: Official Parliamentary Elections Results Announced; AU, AL Announce Preliminary Findings

By EgyptSource

The Fi Hob Misr electoral list won the party-based list seats in the first stage of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, while only four candidates won individual seats, the head of the High Elections Committee (HEC), Ayman Abbas, announced Wednesday evening.

MENASource

Oct 22, 2015

MENASource Podcast: Russia’s Intervention in Syria

By Aaron Stein and Faysal Itani

For the past three and a half weeks, the Russian Air Force and a handful of military advisers have been striking rebel held positions in Syria. The bulk of the airstrikes are concentrated along the M5 highway near the cities of Homs and Hama.

Russia Syria

MENASource

Oct 22, 2015

EconSource: Fitch says Stable Turkish Government Could Help Reforms, Growth

By EconSource

Fitch Ratings said in a statement on Thursday that the formation of a stable government following Turkey’s parliamentary election on November 1 could benefit the implementation of structural reforms.

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