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Egypt’s Ex-President Morsi Sentenced to Twenty years in Prison

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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Egypt’s Ex-President Morsi Sentenced to Twenty years in Prison

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Jan 28, 2026

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

By
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

Egypt’s Ex-President Morsi Sentenced to Twenty years in Prison

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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Apr 21, 2015

Egypt’s Ex-President Morsi Sentenced to Twenty years in Prison

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to twenty years in prison and a five year parole on Tuesday. He was convicted on charges of inciting violence, arresting protesters and physically abusing them, outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace in December 2012.

MENASource

Apr 21, 2015

Top News: US Sends Warships to Block Iranian Ships in Yemeni Waters

By MENASource

In a stepped-up response to Iranian backing of Shia rebels in Yemen, the Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sailed to the waters off Yemen to beef up security to join other US ships to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels.

MENASource

Apr 21, 2015

EconSource: Iraq Oil Exports Slip So Far in April, Still Near Record

By EconSource

Iraq’s oil exports have slipped so far in April to 2.92 million barrels per day (bpd), according to loading data and industry sources, although shipments remain close to a record high. If sustained, Iraq’s exports this month will be just short of the record of 2.98 million bpd set in March.

MENASource

Apr 20, 2015

Top News: ISIS Shoots and Beheads Thirty Ethiopian Christians in Libya

By MENASource

A video purportedly made by the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about thirty Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

MENASource

Apr 20, 2015

Top News: Interior Ministry Threatens Legal Action Against Newspaper Amid Deaths in Custody

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s interior ministry said it would take “legal action” against what it said was an “unprofessional” news report in a private daily criticizing police practices, in a statement it released on Sunday. Al-Masry Al-Youm (AMAY) daily published on Sunday a seven-page series of reports highlighting what it described as the “coercive and arrogant” practices of police.

MENASource

Apr 20, 2015

Q&A: What Changes have been made to Egypt’s Electoral Laws?

By Ali Mohamed

Egypt’s parliamentary elections, originally scheduled to be held in March, have been on indefinite hold since the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled two of the parliamentary elections laws unconstitutional. A committee tasked with amending the three electoral laws regulating the elections—the Parliamentary Constituencies Law, the Political Rights Law, and the Parliamentary Elections Law—was formed by Prime […]

North Africa

MENASource

Apr 20, 2015

EconSource: World Bank, Arab Monetary Fund to Finance Arab Regional Development

By EconSource

The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) on Friday signed an Enhanced Partnership Framework to support Arab countries in developing their economies and financial markets.

MENASource

Apr 18, 2015

Syria: Making Good on the President’s Words

By Frederic C. Hof

President Barack Obama is on the record saying that the protection of Syrian civilians from barrel bombs—the most spectacularly visible manifestation of Assad regime mass murder—is now a core US interest. Making good on the president’s words is vital for the credibility of a nation whose network of alliances spans the globe.

Syria

MENASource

Apr 17, 2015

Why Did Abadi Criticize Saudi Arabia?

By Ramzy Mardini

During his first visit to the White House as the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider al-Abadi surprised Washington when he criticized the Saudi Arabian-led air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Iran
Iraq

MENASource

Apr 17, 2015

Top News: Iraqi Forces Recapture Towns from ISIS

By MENASource

Iraqi security forces have gained full control over a contested area south of the country’s largest oil refinery Friday as part of ongoing operations to secure the rest of Salahuddin province following the recapturing of Tikrit.

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