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As the MENA region continues to be the epicenter of news headlines, the Atlantic Council’s MENASource is a hub for thought-provoking and hard-hitting analyses about the latest trends, ideas, and debates. This online publication provides fast reactions and in-depth commentary on breaking news and key regional topics by a diverse team of experts and contributors.

MENASource brings you up-close to a region at the epicenter of geo-political headlines. It is the Atlantic Council’s hub for in-depth commentary about breaking news, key topics, and trends from our team of experts on the Middle East and North Africa.

The views expressed in MENASource are solely those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Atlantic Council, its staff, or its supporters.

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Top News: Third Day of Voting Begins as Egypt Authorities Fear Low Turnout

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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: Third Day of Voting Begins as Egypt Authorities Fear Low Turnout

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Jan 28, 2026

Trump’s National Security Strategy doesn’t downgrade the Middle East, it redefines it

By
Kristian Alexander

Trump’s strategy is a sophisticated refinement of “America First.” For the Gulf, the implications are significant, but manageable.

Middle East
National Security

Top News: Third Day of Voting Begins as Egypt Authorities Fear Low Turnout

MENASource
Jan 13, 2026

Eight questions (and expert answers) on the SDF’s withdrawal from Syria’s Aleppo

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Atlantic Council experts

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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May 28, 2014

Top News: Third Day of Voting Begins as Egypt Authorities Fear Low Turnout

By MENASource

Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country’s presidential election from the embarrassment of low voter turnout, but few people trickled to the polls Wednesday even after the balloting was extended for a third day. On Tuesday PM Ibrahim Mahlab threatened to fine those who choose not to vote. He also said that according to the latest reports voter turnout exceeded […]

MENASource

May 28, 2014

Yemen: Building a Federalist State

By MENASource

Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference, designed to guide the constitution drafting process and hailed as a significant milestone in Yemen’s transition, established a consensus for a decentralized system of governance to address the country’s challenges.

Yemen

MENASource

May 28, 2014

EconSource: Yemen banks on IMF loan deal to slash subsidies

By EconSource

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

MENASource

May 28, 2014

Iran: King of Kingmakers in Iraq

By Ramzy Mardini

With the results of the national elections announced by the electoral commission last week, the process of forming the next government in Iraq is now underway. Much is at stake for multiple parties and personalities, but no other individual has more to lose than the current prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who is adamant on securing […]

Iran Iraq

MENASource

May 27, 2014

In Pictures: Egypt Votes

By Jonathan Rashad

As voting winds down in Egypt’s second presidential elections in as many years, Jonathan Rashad takes a look back at the days leading up to the presidential elections. With thirteen candidates competing in the 2012 elections, only two presidential candidates are in the running this year, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Nasserist Hamdeen Sabbahi. With Sisi forecast […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

May 27, 2014

Dispatch from Cairo: Polling Stations and Patriotic Festivals

By Amr Kotb

The scene at polling stations in Giza’s Dokki District on election day was not that different from the one in al-Gamaleya district, the birthplace of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Elections North Africa

MENASource

May 27, 2014

Top News: New Libyan Prime Minister’s Home is Attacked

By MENASource

A government official says Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteg was unharmed in an attack on his home that set off a gun battle with guards. The official says four attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades early Tuesday at Maiteg’s house, sparking clashes in which one of the assailants was killed, one was arrested, and the others fled.

MENASource

May 27, 2014

Top News: Sisi Closing in on the Presidency

By EgyptSource

Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to emerge from a second and final day of voting on Tuesday as Egypt’s next president, with supporters seeing him as the man who can pull the Arab world’s most populous nation back from the brink.

MENASource

May 27, 2014

EconSource: New Egypt budget sets deficit at 12 percent of GDP: Finance minister

By EconSource

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

MENASource

May 26, 2014

Syria: The Moral Imperative

By Frederic C. Hof

At a recent Washington, DC Syria program, a knowledgeable observer—someone who has spent time inside Syria trying to build bridges between warring parties at the local level—said the following: “Those committed to bring down the regime are not committing the resources to do it.”

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