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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: UN Envoy to Yemen Resigns

MENASource
Jul 31, 2026

Why GCC integration matters more than ever

Gulf countries can’t build their knowledge economies of the future on their own.

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Top News: UN Envoy to Yemen Resigns

MENASource
Jul 13, 2026

Israel’s next government must prioritize the Abraham Accords

By
Amit Yarom and Itai Melchior

The fall election could open a narrow window for Israel to reset its regional strategy and create momentum to expand normalization.

Israel
Politics & Diplomacy

Top News: UN Envoy to Yemen Resigns

MENASource
Aug 3, 2026

Can al-Zaidi separate the sects from the state in Iraq?

By
Munqith Dagher

The biggest challenge facing Iraq’s prime minister is how to curb the role of sectarian institutions in shaping Iraq’s state decisions.

Conflict
Iran

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MENASource

Apr 16, 2015

Top News: UN Envoy to Yemen Resigns

By MENASource

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 EgyptSource

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 EconSource

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 Farid Farid

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 Amy Hawthorne and Elissa Miller

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.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Apr 15, 2015

Top News: UN Security Council Imposes Arms Embargo on Houthis

By MENASource

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.

MENASource

Apr 15, 2015

Top News: Police Allowed to Deport Gay Foreigners, Rules Egypt Court

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Administrative Court issued a ruling on Tuesday allowing the Interior Ministry to deport homosexual foreigners and deny them entry into the country. The decision follows a court ruling which upheld an interior ministry decision to ban a Libyan student accused of being a homosexual from entering the country. 

MENASource

Apr 15, 2015

EconSource: Reinforcements Sent to Battle ISIS at Iraq’s Largest Oil Refinery

By EconSource

Hundreds of additional Iraqi troops are being sent to reinforce forces working to fight off an attempt by the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) to overrun Iraq’s largest oil refinery.

MENASource

Apr 15, 2015

Tunisia’s Security Sector and Countering Violent Extremism; Part 1: Controlling the Narrative

By Fadil Aliriza

In the wake of the hostage shootout at Bardo Museum in Tunis that left more than twenty dead, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently announced that US military aid to Tunisia would triple to combat “those who threaten the freedom and safety of the nation.”

North Africa

MENASource

Apr 14, 2015

Top News: President Obama, Iraq’s Prime Minister Abadi to Discuss ISIS Fight in Washington

By MENASource

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and President Barack Obama will discuss the fight against Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) on Tuesday at a White House meeting likely to be dominated by Iraqi requests for US arms and tension over Iran’s role on the battlefield.

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