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

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

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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

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

MENASource
Jul 30, 2025

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

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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.

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Democratic Transitions

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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.

MENASource

Oct 21, 2015

Despite Concessions Nour Party Loses Out in Parliamentary Elections

By Abdelrahman Youssef

A new Egyptian parliamentary election cycle is underway. With it, Egypt’s Nour Party—the political arm of the Alexandria-based Salafist Call movement—is facing one of the most difficult tests it has encountered since the party’s founding in June 2011. Preliminary results indicate that the party is failing that test. 

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Oct 21, 2015

Top News: Egypt Appoints New Central Bank Governor

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has appointed Tarek Amer as the new governor of Egypt’s Central Bank following the resignation of Hisham Ramez. Amer, who previously served as First Deputy Governor of the Bank, will take charge of the Central Bank after the end of Ramez’s term ends on November 26, the presidency said.

MENASource

Oct 21, 2015

Top News: US General Wins Assurance Iraq Will Not Seek Russia Air Strikes

By MENASource

The United States won assurances from Iraq on Tuesday that it would not seek Russian air strikes against ISIS, said US Marine General Joseph Dunford. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, under pressure to show progress in his war against the extremist group, said on October 1 that he would welcome Russian air strikes in his […]

MENASource

Oct 21, 2015

EconSource: IMF says Low Oil Prices, Regional Turmoil Will Keep Mideast Growth Subdued

By EconSource

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says a fall in oil prices and deepening turmoil in parts of the Middle East will keep real gross domestic product (GDP) growth subdued this year at 2.5 percent.

MENASource

Oct 21, 2015

Everything You Need to Know About the First Phase of Elections: Day Two

By Elissa Miller

Egypt’s parliamentary elections continued on Monday. Turnout remained low, the vote again dominated by women and elderly voters. Reports of electoral violations, in particular vote buying, were widespread.

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Oct 21, 2015

Everything You Need to Know About the First Phase of Elections: Day One

By Elissa Miller

On the eve of Egypt’s first parliamentary elections in three years, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on Egyptians to vote. “Line up in front of polling stations and plant with your votes the hope for a bright tomorrow for our new Egypt,” Sisi said.

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Oct 20, 2015

Russia’s Attacks in Syria May Only Create More Jihadists

By Mona Alami

Russian President Vladimir Putin has labeled his entry into the Syrian conflict, following a rapid military buildup in the Latakia region, as a war on terror. Yet Russia’s very first airstrikes in Syria targeted areas where the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) had no known presence—regions occupied by the mainstream opposition, which the United States […]

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