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Top News: Saudi-led Coalition Preventing Aid from Being Delivered to Yemen

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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: Saudi-led Coalition Preventing Aid from Being Delivered to Yemen

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Jan 13, 2026

Eight questions (and expert answers) on the SDF’s withdrawal from Syria’s Aleppo

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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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Top News: Saudi-led Coalition Preventing Aid from Being Delivered to Yemen

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Jan 12, 2026

The Venezuela-Iran connection and what Maduro’s capture means for Tehran, explained 

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Joze Pelayo, Kirsten Fontenrose, Ellie Sennett 

Our experts break down Iran’s ties to Venezuela and the impact Maduro’s capture could have on Tehran’s interests in and outside of its own borders. 

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Mar 31, 2015

Top News: Saudi-led Coalition Preventing Aid from Being Delivered to Yemen

By MENASource

Members of the Saudi-led coalition conducting airstrikes in Yemen are preventing a International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plane from delivering medical supplies in Sana’a, a Red Cross spokeswoman said Tuesday.

MENASource

Mar 31, 2015

EconSource: EU, US, and Kuwait Pledge More Than $2 Billion in Humanitarian Aid for Syrians

By EconSource

The European Union, the United States, and Kuwait have pledged more than $2 billion of the $8.4 billion the UN hopes to raise to help tackle the dire humanitarian situation caused by the war in Syria. Their pledges ($1.2 billion, $507 million and $500 million, respectively) were made at the opening of the third international […]

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Mar 31, 2015

Checks, Balances, and the Draft Agreement on the Political Transition in Libya

By Azza Kamel Maghur

The United Nations Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) issued its first draft agreement on the political transition in Libya that was given to the parties to the political dialogue, taking place in different cities inside and outside of Libya since September 2014.

Libya

MENASource

Mar 30, 2015

Top News: Arab Summit Agrees on Unified Military Force for Crises

By EgyptSource

Arab leaders at a summit in Egypt have agreed to the formation of a unified military force to counter growing security threats from Yemen to Libya, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Sunday.

MENASource

Mar 30, 2015

EconSource: Fitch Ratings Upgrades Tunisia’s Outlook to Stable From Negative

By EconSource

International rating agency Fitch has revised Tunisia’s outlooks from negative to stable. Its long term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings have been affirmed at ‘BB-‘ and ‘BB’ respectively. The rating agency estimates, in the report published on its website, that the country’s budget deficit is on an improving trend, helped by lower international […]

MENASource

Mar 30, 2015

Top News: Arab Summit Agrees on Unified Military Force for Crises

By MENASource

Arab leaders at a summit in Egypt have agreed to the formation of a unified military force to counter growing security threats from Yemen to Libya, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Sunday.

MENASource

Mar 27, 2015

Top News: Arab Foreign Ministers Agree to Form Joint Military Force

By MENASource

Arab foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to form a joint Arab military force to counter growing security threats in the region, the Arab League’s chief Nabil al-Araby has said.

MENASource

Mar 27, 2015

Shifting to a Syria-First Approach

By Frederic C. Hof

The stunning decision of the US government to provide combat air support for Iranian-led Shia Iraqi militiamen fighting to liberate the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) illustrates why Washington and its partners should shift now to a Syria-first anti-ISIL strategy.

Iran
Syria

MENASource

Mar 27, 2015

Top News: Arab Foreign Ministers Agree to Form Joint Military force

By EgyptSource

Arab foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to form a joint Arab military force to counter growing security threats in the region, the Arab League’s chief Nabil al-Araby has said. A related draft resolution is to be submitted to Arab leaders for endorsement at an Arab League summit to be held in Sharm al-Sheikh next week.

MENASource

Mar 27, 2015

EconSource: Oil Prices Ease as Market Downplays Supply Threat from Yemen

By EconSource

Oil prices fell over a percentage point on Friday as traders estimated that the threat of a disruption to world crude supplies from Saudi Arabia-led air strikes in Yemen was low. Goldman Sachs further explained that the strikes in Yemen would have little effect on oil supplies as the country was only a small crude […]

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