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Top News: Egypt to Raise Petrol Price by 78 Percent as Government Cuts Subsidies

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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: Egypt to Raise Petrol Price by 78 Percent as Government Cuts Subsidies

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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

Top News: Egypt to Raise Petrol Price by 78 Percent as Government Cuts Subsidies

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 7, 2014

Top News: Egypt to Raise Petrol Price by 78 Percent as Government Cuts Subsidies

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s government raised the prices of fuel by up to 78 percent starting Saturday, following on a promise to cut subsidies that eat up nearly a quarter of the state budget.

MENASource

Jul 7, 2014

Top News: ISIS Expels 60,000 From Homes in Eastern Syria

By MENASource

The al-Qaeda splinter group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, also known as simply IS) has expelled more than 30,000 people from their homes in the eastern Syrian town of Shiheil, a stronghold of its jihadist rival the Nusra Front. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights a further 30,000 residents have been […]

MENASource

Jul 7, 2014

Ambassadors Rapp About Syria

With more than 162,000 killed in Syria’s ongoing and brutal conflict, the war has exacted a human cost that now surpasses the atrocities in former Yugoslavia & Sierra Leone. Stephen J. Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large of the US State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice, spoke with Ambassador Fred Hof, senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center for the […]

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MENASource

Jul 7, 2014

EconSource: Egypt’s Sisi risks popularity with fuel, electricity and cigarette price hikes

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jul 3, 2014

A Year in the Life of Egypt’s Political Scene

By MENASource

One year since then-General (now-President) Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted Mohamed Morsi from the top seat of power in Egypt, the dynamic political scene has shifted decidedly in favor of proponents of the state and against the Islamist project. 

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 3, 2014

One Year Later: Legislation Issued since Morsi’s Ouster

In less than one year in office, interim president Adly Mansour issued several laws, many of which came just days before he left office. His very first decree established the timeline for Egypt’s roadmap following the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi. Since June, newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has created a legislation reform […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 3, 2014

Top News: Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to border with Iraq

By MENASource

Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers abandoned the area, the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Thursday, but Baghdad denied the report and said the area remained under its full control.

MENASource

Jul 3, 2014

One Year Later: Human Rights in Egypt

By Elissa Miller

Human rights in Egypt over the past year mirrored a history of violations that have long come under criticism by the international community. Under Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians experienced torture and police violence; they were subject to a perpetual state of emergency; and basic freedoms such as freedom of speech were widely violated. Egyptians welcomed Mubarak’s […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 3, 2014

Top News: Protests Erupt, Bombs Explode on Anniversary of Morsi’s Ouster

By EgyptSource

Egypt witnessed a series of small-scale bombings on Thursday, while one man was killed and several injured in Haram Street as the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies took to the streets in a “Day of Rage,” marking one year since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi. 

MENASource

Jul 3, 2014

EconSource: Libya could lift force majeure on key eastern oil ports

By EconSource

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

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