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Top News: Supreme Constitutional Court to Rule on Parliamentary Elections Laws

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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: Supreme Constitutional Court to Rule on Parliamentary Elections Laws

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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: Supreme Constitutional Court to Rule on Parliamentary Elections Laws

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Jan 12, 2026

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

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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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Feb 25, 2015

Top News: Supreme Constitutional Court to Rule on Parliamentary Elections Laws

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) adjourned on Tuesday the trial determining the constitutionality of the parliamentary elections laws to March 1, as a verdict is expected to be returned next session.

MENASource

Feb 25, 2015

Top News: Houthis seize US special forces base

By MENASource

Armed Houthis took over a special forces army base in Sana’a early on Wednesday.

MENASource

Feb 25, 2015

EconSource: EBRD to Lend Tunisia 200 Million Euros

By EconSource

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend Tunisia 200 million euros this year to finance energy and industry projects. The EBRD has financed twenty projects in Tunisia, under a budget of 210 million euros since it began its activities in the country in September 2012. Tunisia faces pressure from its international lenders […]

MENASource

Feb 24, 2015

Egypt’s War on ISIS: A Brief History

By Joel Gulhane

“How could I go to the Coptic Cathedral to extend my condolences when the Egyptian army hasn’t avenged the attacks?” asked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a pre-recorded speech broadcast Sunday night.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 24, 2015

Top News: Libya’s elected parliament suspends participation in UN-backed talks

By MENASource

The Tobruk-based House of Representatives (House) voted to suspend its participation in the UN-sponsored dialogue with its rival, the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC).

MENASource

Feb 24, 2015

Top News: Egypt’s Sisi Issues Decree Widening Scope of Security Crackdown

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed off on an anti-terrorism law that gives authorities more sweeping powers to ban groups on charges ranging from harming national unity to disrupting public order. The law’s ten articles focus on defining terrorist entities, listing such groups and bodies, and stipulating the legal processes for appealing these lists. 

MENASource

Feb 24, 2015

Egyptian Christians and Power Politics

By MENASource

The murder of twenty Coptic Christians by Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) militants in Libya and the release of a video of their execution on February 14 sent shockwaves through Egyptian communities. The Egyptian government’s response was swift.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 23, 2015

Egypt’s Government Assuages Minya Families after Weeks of Silence

By Ishak Ibrahim

Over the past week, the village of al-Aour in the governorate of Minya—home to thirteen of the twenty Coptic Egyptian victims killed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Libya—has been transformed. The once obscure village has become a site for official delegations and mourners to visit, and offer condolences and support to the bereaved families […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 23, 2015

PHOTO ESSAY: Christians of Minya between Agony and Happiness

By Jonathan Rashad

Between agony and happiness, the village of al-Aour in the Egyptian governorate of Minya lost thirteen of its residents to a brutal death. Those thirteen were among the twenty Egyptian Christians recently beheaded by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Libya.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 23, 2015

Top News: Alaa Abdel Fattah Sentenced to Five Years; Over 3,000 Egyptians Return from Libya

By EgyptSource

The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and his co-defendant Ahmed Abdel Rahman to five years of maximum security prison on Monday, in their retrial on charges of illegal assembly.

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