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Moscow’s Syria Talks: Diplomacy that Destroys Hopes for Peace

MENASource
Jul 3, 2025

Three Abraham Accords goals Trump should raise with Netanyahu

Between Iran and Gaza, Trump and Netanyahu will have a full agenda during the latter’s visit to Washington.

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Moscow’s Syria Talks: Diplomacy that Destroys Hopes for Peace

MENASource
Jul 3, 2025

How the war in Gaza diminished dreams of political reform in Egypt

By
Amr Salah Mohamed

Egypt’s national debate has shifted from reform to national security with just weeks ahead of parliamentary elections.

Elections
Middle East

Moscow’s Syria Talks: Diplomacy that Destroys Hopes for Peace

MENASource
Jun 26, 2025

Dispatch from Damascus: Church attack shows transition’s fragility

By
Ibrahim Al-Assil

The bombing at Mar Elias Church is more than an isolated tragedy. It is a signal that Syria’s transition remains vulnerable to sabotage.

Democratic Transitions
Middle East

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MENASource

Jan 20, 2015

Moscow’s Syria Talks: Diplomacy that Destroys Hopes for Peace

By Bassam Barabandi

The White House recently held meetings to decide on whether to participate in Russian plans for fresh Syria peace talks in Moscow. Moscow has described these talks in vague terms—as “consultations and preparatory contact” between the “constructive opposition and the Syrian Government.”

Syria

MENASource

Jan 20, 2015

Top News: Morsi Accuses Army of Role in Deaths During 2011 Protests

By EgyptSource

Former president Mohamed Morsi defended himself in court on Sunday for the first time since his ouster, claiming he was innocent of charges of espionage and asserting that he was still Egypt’s president.

MENASource

Jan 20, 2015

Top News: Houthis Shell Presidential Residence in Yemen

By MENASource

Yemen’s information minister says Houthi rebels are shelling the residence of the country’s president as they swept into the presidential palace in the capital.

MENASource

Jan 20, 2015

EconSource: Egypt does not See Oil Price Drop Hitting Investments from Gulf

By EconSource

According to Egypt’s investment minister, Egypt does not expect Gulf Arab countries to reduce their investment in the country despite the fall in oil prices, as Cairo is of particular strategic importance for the region. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, which support Sisi as a bulwark against the spread of political Islam […]

MENASource

Jan 16, 2015

Yemen and Syria: Making the Same Mistakes Twice

By Danya Greenfield and Faysal Itani

The recent statement from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen claiming responsibility for directing the brutal Paris attack should refocus some attention on the shortsighted approach of current US counterterrorism efforts across the region.

Syria Yemen

MENASource

Jan 16, 2015

Factbox: Gearing up for Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections

By EgyptSource

Egyptians will head to the polls for the sixth time in the past four years, casting their ballots in the second parliamentary elections since the 2011 ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak. When will the vote take place? What kind of parliament can expect to be elected? What campaigning rules do candidates have to abide […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jan 16, 2015

As Charlie Hebdo Ups Print Run, Egypt to Ban Foreign Publications Insulting Religion

By Joel Gulhane

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab was handed the power to outlaw the distribution of foreign publications in Egypt, as per a decree issued by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday. The order allows Mahlab to ban publications deemed “offensive to religion or publications promoting erotica in a way that can disturb the public peace.” At the time […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jan 16, 2015

Top News: EU Parliament Calls on Egypt to Release Political Detainees; Egypt Hits Back

By EgyptSource

The European Parliament has called on Egypt “to release immediately with no condition” all political detainees, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood. In a statement issued on Wednesday the European Parliament expressed its concerns about the “restrictions” imposed in Egypt on fundamental human rights, citing concerns about freedom of expression, the right to assembly, restrictions […]

MENASource

Jan 16, 2015

Top News: US Will Send 400 Troops to Train Mainstream Syrian Opposition

By MENASource

The US military is planning to deploy more than 400 troops to help train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL), along with hundreds of US support personnel.

MENASource

Jan 16, 2015

EconSource: Libya Central Bank Seeks Cuts to Plug $19 Billion Budget Gap

By EconSource

Libya’s central bank has proposed reducing the country’s diplomatic missions abroad and halting foreign scholarships and other state allowances to plug the country’s budget deficit, estimated at $19 billion. It also wants to suspend family and child allowances while reviewing international medical treatments funded by the state. The bank has tried to stay out of […]

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