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YemenSource | President Hadi Allocates 5 Billion Rials for Rebuilding Amran

MENASource
Nov 20, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s next horizon: Building human capital beyond Vision 2030

Riyadh still needs to take fully support small and medium-sized enterprises—the true engines of job creation.

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YemenSource | President Hadi Allocates 5 Billion Rials for Rebuilding Amran

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Nov 9, 2025

Tracking Iraq’s 2025 elections and coalition building

By
Victoria J. Taylor, Nibras Basitkey, and Daniah Jarrah

Keep up with what our experts want you to know about the Iraqi elections and the coalition building that follows.

Elections
Iraq

YemenSource | President Hadi Allocates 5 Billion Rials for Rebuilding Amran

MENASource
Nov 10, 2025

The Nile at a crossroads: Navigating the GERD dispute as Egypt’s floodwaters rise

By
Alessia Melcangi

The latest escalation between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia coincides with a diplomatic shift from the United States.

Africa
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MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

YemenSource | President Hadi Allocates 5 Billion Rials for Rebuilding Amran

By YemenSource

President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi called for unity during a visit to Amran after it was briefly seized by Houthi rebels. The president called upon Amran residents to return to their homes, and announced the allocation of 5 billion rials to begin rebuilding the city.

MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

State Department Religious Freedom Report Highlights Discrimination in Egypt’s Judiciary

By EgyptSource

Released on July 28, the US State Department’s 2013 International Religious Freedom Report documents the status of religious minorities and religious freedom in Egypt over the course of the year, whether under former president Mohamed Morsi, or under the interim government after his removal.

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

Top News: Rocket Ignites Blaze Near Tripoli Airport, Libya In Chaos

By MENASource

As inter-militia clashes continue, a rocket struck a fuel storage tank near the main airport in Tripoli, setting off a huge conflagration that firefighters are struggling to extinguish.

MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

Top News: Qatar Denies Objecting to Egypt’s Ceasefire Initiative

By EgyptSource

As both Hamas and Israel agreed to another humanitarian 24-hour ceasefire on Sunday, Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled Attiya denied in statements to Al Jazeera that Qatar objects to Egypt’s cease-fire initiative.

MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

Maliki’s Last Dance?

By Ramzy Mardini

Iraq’s parliamentarians elected a new president last week, advancing the process of forming a government to the most vexing phase in determining who will become the next prime minister.

Iran
Iraq

MENASource

Jul 28, 2014

EconSource: World Bank Project to Cut Egypt’s Energy Subsidies by $301.5 Million

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countires. 

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

The Poor Always Bear the Highest Cost

By Amr Hamzawy

In front of the High Court building, this scene unfolds:  Poor and low-income women, children, and men wait for prisoner transport vehicles to arrive carrying their husbands, fathers, brothers, sons and daughters, who are scheduled to appear before the courts.  They wait to reassure themselves that their loved ones are well.  They wait to be […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

Top News: First Humanitarian Aid Enters Syria Without Government Consent

By MENASource

The United Nations said on Thursday that the first humanitarian aid convoy had entered Syria from Turkey without the Syrian government consent. The aid supplies were made possible due to the authorization of a new UN Security Council resolution. 

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

Jordan: Improving Economic Growth through Energy Reforms

By Svetlana Milbert

Despite the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s success in avoiding the civil unrest of the Arab uprisings, it faces macroeconomic challenges exacerbated by exogenous shocks since 2011.

MENASource

Jul 25, 2014

Top News: Egypt Convoy Delivers Medical Aid to Gaza

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian aid convoy bound for Gaza was able to successfully deliver medical supplies to Palestine after reaching the Rafah border crossing on Friday morning.

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