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Top News: Gunmen Kill 22 Egyptian Military Border Guards Near Libya

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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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Top News: Gunmen Kill 22 Egyptian Military Border Guards Near Libya

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Nov 9, 2025

Tracking Iraq’s 2025 elections and coalition building

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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.

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Top News: Gunmen Kill 22 Egyptian Military Border Guards Near Libya

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Nov 10, 2025

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

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Alessia Melcangi

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

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Jul 21, 2014

Top News: Gunmen Kill 22 Egyptian Military Border Guards Near Libya

By EgyptSource

Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked a border guard post Saturday in Egypt’s western desert in an assault that killed 21 troops deployed in the province along the border with neighboring Libya.

MENASource

Jul 21, 2014

Is Morocco Leading by Example?

By Karim Mezran

Most observers, saddened and appalled by the collapse of security and the spread of violence across the Middle East—from Libya to Egypt to Syria, Iraq, and Bahrain, not to mention the crisis in Gaza—focus on Tunisia as the only positive and uplifting case to result from the Arab Spring.

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Jul 21, 2014

EconSource: Yemen Struggles Towards Fuel Price Reform as Finances Crumble

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

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Jul 18, 2014

Egypt and the Gaza Ceasefires

By Joel Gulhane

On Thursday night, the Israel Defense Forces launched a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip following the Israeli Security Cabinet’s approval. The decision came “after Israel agreed to the Egyptian ceasefire proposal, whereas Hamas rejected the ceasefire proposal and continued firing rockets at Israeli cities,” according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

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MENASource

Jul 18, 2014

Top News: Libyan Militia Says Ceasefire Reached to End Airport Battle

By MENASource

The Zintani militia battling the Misratan militia over control of Libya’s main airport is ready for a peaceful solution after five days of heavy fighting, a Zintani militia spokesman said on Thursday

MENASource

Jul 18, 2014

Top News: Egypt says Qatar, Turkey, and Hamas Hurt Gaza Ceasefire Bid

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s foreign minister accused Qatar, Turkey, and Hamas on Thursday of conspiring to undermine Cairo’s efforts to bring about a ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group and Israel in Gaza, Egypt’s state news agency reported.

MENASource

Jul 18, 2014

Behind Iraq’s Selection of a New Speaker

By Ramzy Mardini

With the election of a new speaker of parliament earlier this week, the Iraqis have begun the formal process of forming its next government. On Tuesday, Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish parliamentarians appointed a new speaker of parliament, bringing them one step closer to determining the fate of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Nevertheless, the procedure had […]

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MENASource

Jul 17, 2014

Top News: At Least Fourteen Tunisian Troops Killed in Mountain Ambushes

By MENASource

A defense ministry spokesman said at least fourteen troops were killed, and another twenty-five wounded Wednesday evening when militants attacked with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. These attacks targeted two military checkpoints in the region of Hanchir Ettala in Mount Chaambi, in the Kasserine region near the Algerian border.

MENASource

Jul 17, 2014

Top News: Israeli Official Says Leadership Still Examining Egyptian Gaza Truce Proposal

By EgyptSource

An Israeli official said on Thursday that Israeli senior representatives at talks in Cairo had accepted an Egyptian proposal for a comprehensive Gaza ceasefire starting on Friday, but Israel’s leaders still had to approve the deal.

MENASource

Jul 17, 2014

EconSource: IMF Announces Staff-Level Agreement with Tunisia for 4th SBA Review

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

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