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As the MENA region continues to be the epicenter of news headlines, the Atlantic Council’s MENASource is a hub for thought-provoking and hard-hitting analyses about the latest trends, ideas, and debates. This online publication provides fast reactions and in-depth commentary on breaking news and key regional topics by a diverse team of experts and contributors.

MENASource brings you up-close to a region at the epicenter of geo-political headlines. It is the Atlantic Council’s hub for in-depth commentary about breaking news, key topics, and trends from our team of experts on the Middle East and North Africa.

The views expressed in MENASource are solely those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Atlantic Council, its staff, or its supporters.

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Libya’s Political Agreement: What’s Next?

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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Libya’s Political Agreement: What’s Next?

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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.

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Libya’s Political Agreement: What’s Next?

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Jan 13, 2026

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MENASource

Sep 13, 2015

Libya’s Political Agreement: What’s Next?

By Azza K. Maghur

At a modest gathering in July in Skhirat, Morocco, Libyan dialogue participants initialed a long negotiated United Nations Support Mission in Libya’s (UNSMIL) facilitated political agreement. Not present at the gathering was the dialogue team representing the General National Congress (GNC)—the political body that reinstated its authority after the Libya Dawn militias took control of […]

Libya

MENASource

Sep 11, 2015

Top News: UN to Hold Peace Talks Next Week Over Conflict in Yemen

By MENASource

The United Nations on Thursday said peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen are set to resume next week in the region and urged all parties to participate “in good faith.”

MENASource

Sep 11, 2015

Top News: Muslim Brotherhood Member Shot Dead in Egypt

By EgyptSource

Egyptian security forces shot dead a Muslim Brotherhood member in southern Egypt, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Thursday.

MENASource

Sep 11, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Arabia Says No Need for Oil Summit

By EconSource

Saudi Arabia sees no need to hold a summit of oil producing countries’ heads of state if such discussions would fail to produce concrete action toward defending oil prices, sources said Thursday.

MENASource

Sep 10, 2015

Top News: ISIS Says Chinese and Norwegian Hostages ‘for Sale’

By MENASource

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) is holding a Chinese man and a Norwegian man hostage and has reportedly asked for an unspecified ransom for their release.

MENASource

Sep 10, 2015

Top News: Israel Embassy Reopens Doors in Egypt after Four Year Closure

By EgyptSource

Israel has reopened an embassy in Cairo after four years of closure, the Israeli prime minister’s spokesman to the Arab media, Ofir Gendelman, announced on Wednesday.

MENASource

Sep 10, 2015

EconSource: Iraq to Seek Up to $500 Million in Loans from Islamic Development Bank

By EconSource

Iraq will seek up to $500 million in loans from the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to help cover its projected deficit and complement the country’s return to the international debt market.

MENASource

Sep 10, 2015

The implications of violent conflict between the PKK and the Turkish Republic

By Aaron Stein

Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed two police officers in Urfa on July 22, purportedly in retaliation for an Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) inspired suicide bombing of a leftist meeting in the border town of Suruç. In response, Turkey struck PKK bases in Iraqi Kurdistan and southeastern Turkey. This prompted a sharp […]

Syria Turkey

MENASource

Sep 9, 2015

The President’s Men: A Rundown of the For the Love of Egypt Coalition

By Khaled Dawoud

With Egypt’s parliamentary elections slated to begin on October 17, political parties are once again publicly cementing the coalitions in which they will participate as they gear up for the polls. The most prominent of these coalitions, For the Love of Egypt, has succeeded in attracting well established and new parties alike. 

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 9, 2015

Top News: Turkish Forces Enter Iraq as PKK Violence Escalates; Nationalists Attack HDP Headquarters

By MENASource

Turkish forces crossed into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish militants Tuesday in response to deadly rebel attacks.

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