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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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Top News: Egypt’s New Prime Minister Denies Corruption Accusations

MENASource
Mar 26, 2026

As Iran attacks, the US should provide air defense for Iraqi Kurdistan

Washington faces a choice: Continue to defer to Baghdad’s procedural objections while Iran conducts unimpeded strikes on Kurdish territory or acknowledge the strategic reality and take decisive action.

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Top News: Egypt’s New Prime Minister Denies Corruption Accusations

MENASource
Mar 17, 2026

A crisis in Egypt could be a warning sign for the global economy 

By
Khalid Azim

Market watchers should keep an eye on Egypt as an oil shock could cause financial turmoil.

Economy & Business
International Financial Institutions

Top News: Egypt’s New Prime Minister Denies Corruption Accusations

MENASource
Mar 11, 2026

Three lessons from Libya for the war in Iran

By
Frank Talbot

Any outside power using force to attain a political outcome must define the end state it seeks, align coalition partners around a shared strategy, and establish credible escalation controls.

Conflict
Iran

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Sep 15, 2015

Top News: Egypt’s New Prime Minister Denies Corruption Accusations

By EgyptSource

Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Monday denied accusations of corruption levelled at him in the domestic media.

MENASource

Sep 14, 2015

Factbox: Security Forces Mistakenly Kill Eight Mexicans, Four Egyptians

By EgyptSource

A tourist convoy of twenty-two people was mistakenly attacked by Egyptian security forces in the Western Desert on Sunday afternoon, resulting in the death of eight Mexicans and four Egyptians. Ten others were injured, and according to Egypt’s prosecution, two Egyptian officers who fired at the convoy were among those injured.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 14, 2015

Top News: Eight Mexican Nationals, Four Egyptians Accidentally Killed by Egyptian Forces

By EgyptSource

Egyptian security forces accidentally killed twelve Egyptian and Mexican members of a tour group in the Western Desert after mistaking them for terrorists, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

MENASource

Sep 14, 2015

Top News: Egypt Cabinet Resigns, Sisi Picks Petroleum Minister for New Prime Minister

By MENASource

Egypt’s cabinet has resigned but will stay on in a caretaker role until a new government is formed, a statement from the office of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday. It was not immediately clear why the government resigned but officials said that Sisi had been unhappy with the performance of several ministries.

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.

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