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Top News: Turkey Returns to Single-Party Rule in Boost for Erdogan

MENASource
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: Turkey Returns to Single-Party Rule in Boost for Erdogan

MENASource
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: Turkey Returns to Single-Party Rule in Boost for Erdogan

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 2, 2015

Top News: Turkey Returns to Single-Party Rule in Boost for Erdogan

By MENASource

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) secured a stunning victory in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election to gain back a parliamentary majority just five months after losing it. Preliminary results show that the party won more than 49 percent of the votes.

MENASource

Nov 2, 2015

Top News: Russian Airliner Crashes in Central Sinai Killing 224

By EgyptSource

A Russian commercial airplane crashed on Saturday in Central Sinai killing all 224 passengers and crew members onboard.

MENASource

Nov 2, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Official Defends Spending Deficit as Manageable

By EconSource

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Saturday that the kingdom’s financial deficit this year is manageable, despite the low oil prices and that its growth rate will remain strong.

MENASource

Nov 2, 2015

Losing Hope in Yemen

By Rafat Al-Akhali

The figures reported for the ongoing conflict in Yemen speak for themselves: more than 5,000 dead and 26,000 injured (according to the NGO Action on Armed Violence and the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, a staggering 86 percent of those killed and injured are considered civilian), almost 2.3 million displaced from their homes, […]

Yemen

MENASource

Oct 30, 2015

Top News: United Nations Warns of Dire Food Situation in Taiz

By MENASource

The UN World Food Programme on Friday appealed for safe access to the Yemeni city of Taiz, saying that fighting between warring factions had blocked food supplies and left thousands of people in extreme hunger.

MENASource

Oct 30, 2015

Turkey’s Elections, Take Two

By Aaron Stein

Turkey’s satirical equivalent of the Onion, Penguen, published a political cartoon on its most recent front cover showing a Turkish voter casting his ballot with a caption that reads: “Oo abi hiç değişmemişsin” (Oh brother, you haven’t changed at all). On Sunday, Turkish voters will head to the polls for the fourth countrywide election since […]

Turkey

MENASource

Oct 30, 2015

Top News: Initial Results of Egypt’s Run-off Vote Show Parties Gain Firm Footing

By EgyptSource

Egyptian political parties appear to have secured a large number of individual seats contested in the country’s parliamentary election runoff.

MENASource

Oct 30, 2015

EconSource: Iraq Plans Pay Cuts as Economy Crisis Deepens

By EconSource

Iraq is planning unprecedented salary cuts for senior civil servants amid a financial crisis caused by a plunge in oil prices and the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

MENASource

Oct 30, 2015

Egypt Debates: Does Voter Turnout Reflect on Sisi’s Popularity?

By Khaled Dawoud

A day before the first round of parliamentary elections in Egypt, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi personally addressed the nation, appealing to “youth, women, workers, and farmers” to vote in big numbers. Sisi’s critics have said the low turnout of 26 percent, which has persisted through the runoffs, is a reflection of his waning popularity. But […]

Elections
North Africa

MENASource

Oct 29, 2015

Top News: SOHR Reports Russian Raids in Syria’s South for First Time

By MENASource

Russia appears to have carried out strikes in southern Syria’s Deraa province for the first time in an apparent expansion of its aerial campaign, the Syrian Observatory for Human Right (SOHR) said.

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