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Top News: Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign from Parliament

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Jan 14, 2026

Voices from Iran: As rejection of government reaches all-time high, Iranians also wary of foreign intervention

If Trump is serious about peace, stability, and a lasting legacy, the path forward does not run through air strikes or transactional deals with a failing theocracy.

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Top News: Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign from Parliament

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Jan 28, 2026

Trump’s National Security Strategy doesn’t downgrade the Middle East, it redefines it

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Kristian Alexander

Trump’s strategy is a sophisticated refinement of “America First.” For the Gulf, the implications are significant, but manageable.

Middle East
National Security

Top News: Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign from Parliament

MENASource
Jan 13, 2026

Eight questions (and expert answers) on the SDF’s withdrawal from Syria’s Aleppo

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Atlantic Council experts

Our experts unpack why violence erupted, what it means for Kurdish safety and integration in Syria, and how Washington is engaging.

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Nov 9, 2015

Top News: Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign from Parliament

By MENASource

Thirty-one Tunisian lawmakers resigned from the ruling party bloc in parliament on Monday, allowing Islamist Ennahda to become the largest party. “We decided to resign from the party’s bloc today after the refusal to hold an executive committee meeting, which is the only legitimate structure of the party,” Hassouna Nasfi, a protesting deputy, said on […]

MENASource

Nov 9, 2015

EconSource: IMF’s Lagarde Urges Tax, Spending Reforms in Gulf

By EconSource

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Christine Lagarde urged Gulf Arab oil states on Sunday to introduce radical tax and spending reforms in light of the drop in global oil prices.

MENASource

Nov 9, 2015

The Collapse of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party

By Aaron Stein

Just one week before the November 1 election, the average Turkish opinion polls suggested that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was on pace to win between 41-43 percent of the popular vote. Based on this data, a vast majority of Turkey analysis—this author included—wrote that the AKP would be emerge as the Turkey’s most […]

Turkey

MENASource

Nov 6, 2015

Top News: Iraq’s Top Shia Cleric Warns Parliament Not to Stall Abadi’s Reforms

By MENASource

Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani warned parliament on Friday not to use concerns over the legality of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s reforms as a tactic to block them, in a boost to the premier days after lawmakers sought to rein him in.

MENASource

Nov 6, 2015

Top News: British Attempts to Return Tourists From Egypt Thrown Into Chaos

By EgyptSource

After a decision to resume flights out of Sharm al-Sheikh, British attempts to return thousands of stranded tourists were thrown into chaos on Friday as easyJet contradicted senior UK and Egyptian officials over claims that Cairo was blocking unscheduled “rescue flights.”

MENASource

Nov 6, 2015

EconSource: Conflict Over Economic Policy in Turkey’s AKP After Election Win

By EconSource

There are deep divisions in Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) over how to stop slowing growth in the country’s $800 billion economy.

MENASource

Nov 6, 2015

Is there Common Ground over Syria?

By MENASource

The Emirates Policy Center’s second Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate that took place on November 1 brought policymakers, former officials, academics, and analysts from the Middle East and elsewhere together to discuss the most pressing strategic issues facing the region.

Syria

MENASource

Nov 5, 2015

Top News: German to Take up UN Libya Post; Leon Denies Conflict of Interest in New Post

By MENASource

Veteran German diplomat Martin Kobler will replace UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon and take over mediating stalled Libyan peace talks in the coming days, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Leon is set to head a United Arab Emirates (UAE) diplomatic academy.

MENASource

Nov 5, 2015

EconSource: Amnesty Says Syrian Government Profits From Forced Disappearances

By EconSource

Syria’s government is profiting from money charged to families of people trying to find individuals who have been forcibly disappeared, Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday

MENASource

Nov 5, 2015

UGTT’s Position in Tunisia’s New Political Order

By Naim Ameur

Tunisia celebrated the Quartet’s selection to win the Peace Nobel Prize for its role in steering the national dialogue on October 9. Composed of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade, and Handicraft (UTICA), the Human Rights League, and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers, the Quartet successfully resolved a complicated […]

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