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Top News: Hellenistic-Era Ruins Demolished in Alexandria

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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: Hellenistic-Era Ruins Demolished in Alexandria

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: Hellenistic-Era Ruins Demolished in Alexandria

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 17, 2015

Top News: Hellenistic-Era Ruins Demolished in Alexandria

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >EgyptSource</span>

The Antiquities Ministry’s decision to demolish a Hellenistic-era archaeological site in Alexandria was carried out on Thursday, destroying the ancient ruins and leveling the area into a flat lot. The site of al-Abd Theater in Camp Shizar, which was discovered in 2013, dates back to the Roman and Hellenistic eras 323 BC and lies in […]

MENASource

Apr 17, 2015

EconSource: Al-Qaeda Captures Major Airport, Oil Terminal in Yemen

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >EconSource</span>

Al-Qaeda seized control of a major airport, sea port, and oil terminal in southern Yemen on Thursday, consolidating its hold in Hadramawt, the country’s largest province, amid wider chaos in the country.

MENASource

Apr 16, 2015

Washington Should Demand Accountability from Libya’s Beleaguered Parliament

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Asma Yousef Magariaf</span>

With seven months left in its mandate, Libya’s House of Representatives (House) in Tobruk has sent a high-level delegation to Washington this week. Critics of the House continue to demand greater accountability from Libya’s parliament amid mounting concerns of incompetence and corruption as Libya faces a growing threat from the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) […]

Libya

MENASource

Apr 16, 2015

Timeline: Egypt Faces Near Daily Attacks

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ali Mohamed</span>

Since the fourth anniversary of January 25 uprising, Egypt has seen an uptick in terror attacks. According to Daily News Egypt, over 1,000 violent incidents took place in the first quarter of 2015, claiming the lives of at least 174 Egyptians and leaving more than 600 injured. In addition to attacks targeting security personnel, an […]

North Africa

MENASource

Apr 16, 2015

Top News: UN Envoy to Yemen Resigns

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >MENASource</span>

The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, resigned on Wednesday.

MENASource

Apr 16, 2015

Top News: Egypt’s Cabinet Approves Amendments to Election Laws

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >EgyptSource</span>

Egypt’s cabinet approved the amended electoral districts law after the committee tasked with amending the parliamentary law under the supervision of Minister of Transitional Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ibrahim al-Heneidy presented its final draft on Wednesday. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab presented the amendments to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, prior to approving the law. The law […]

MENASource

Apr 16, 2015

EconSource: Iraq Will Seek $5 Billion Bond Issue, Other Measures to Relieve Budget

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >EconSource</span>

Iraq has decided to issue $5 billion in international bonds and is negotiating the terms, Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari has said, in one of several measures that seeks to decrease the pressure of low oil prices on the country’s finances.

MENASource

Apr 15, 2015

The Militarization of Justice

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Farid Farid</span>

Ahmed al-Araby, 60, is a pensioner from Matariya – a low-income suburb in Cairo that recently witnessed an increase in clashes between Islamist supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi and state security forces. On the four-year anniversary of the January 25 uprising, twelve people were killed in the Cairo district alone, while at least forty-three […]

North Africa

MENASource

Apr 15, 2015

Off the Radar: Europe’s Retreat from a Democratic Push in the Middle East

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Amy Hawthorne and Elissa Miller</span>

As the Middle East and North Africa region grows more unstable, Europe has turned inward, under-using its ability—and even understating the need—to project democratic values in the region.

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MENASource

Apr 15, 2015

Top News: UN Security Council Imposes Arms Embargo on Houthis

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >MENASource</span>

After weeks of closed-door negotiations between diplomats from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members and Russia, the Security Council on Tuesday imposed an arms embargo on Houthi fighters and left it to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to negotiate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Yemenis who have endured nearly three weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes.

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