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Top News: Rebels in Southern Syria on the Brink of Turning on Each Other

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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: Rebels in Southern Syria on the Brink of Turning on Each Other

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Jan 13, 2026

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

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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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Top News: Rebels in Southern Syria on the Brink of Turning on Each Other

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Jan 12, 2026

The Venezuela-Iran connection and what Maduro’s capture means for Tehran, explained 

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Our experts break down Iran’s ties to Venezuela and the impact Maduro’s capture could have on Tehran’s interests in and outside of its own borders. 

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May 12, 2014

Top News: Rebels in Southern Syria on the Brink of Turning on Each Other

By MENASource

Moderate opposition factions and Islamist rebels from the Nusra Front were on the brink of going to war with each other on Sunday night. Mediation efforts, under way since last Saturday’s capture of Ahmed Nehmeh, a commander in the western and Gulf-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), were continuing in northern Jordan in a final attempt […]

MENASource

May 12, 2014

Top News: Seven Brotherhood Supporters Sentenced to Life for Blocking Road

By EgyptSource

The Banha Criminal Court sentenced on Saturday seven defendants to life in prison for blocking the ring road on August 14, after the forcible dispersal of two pro-Mohamed Morsi encampments in Cairo.

MENASource

May 12, 2014

On the Death of those in the Prime of Life

By Amr Hamzawy

Death is great and we but objects of its laughter When we think ourselves in the prime of life, it dares to cry out among us –Rainer Maria Rilke

North Africa

MENASource

May 12, 2014

The Week in Egypt – May 12, 2014

By Daniel Stoker

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

MENASource

May 9, 2014

Egypt’s Universities and the Struggle for Public Space

By MENASource

In the aftermath of Mohammed Morsi’s removal from the office of the president and the subsequent crackdown on his supporters and those of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian authorities have spared no effort to reclaim and expand the power they once held during the pre-2011 days. Egyptian campuses remain one of the last areas to voice […]

North Africa

MENASource

May 9, 2014

Top News: American Journalist Deported from Yemen as Official Warns “Others Next”

By MENASource

Adam Baron, one of only two foreign journalists with press visas in the country, was forced to leave the country on Thursday. Baron was contacted on Monday regarding an error with his paperwork, but when he went to get it resolved he was held until he agreed to leave the country. Baron says the only reason he was given […]

MENASource

May 9, 2014

Top News: Obama Nominates Ambassadors for Key Egypt and Iraq Posts

By EgyptSource

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would nominate two career diplomats with extensive experience in the Middle East as ambassadors to Egypt and Iraq.

MENASource

May 9, 2014

The Death Sentence: Consequences of Taking the Wrong Path [Part II]

By Yussef Auf

The repercussions of sentencing hundreds of members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death have mostly been negative. The positions of international officials towards what happened may give a sense of the scale of the extremely negative reaction to these events.

North Africa

MENASource

May 9, 2014

The Battle Behind Campus Walls

By Eric Knecht

Egyptian universities have become too dangerous for the state to handle. Or at least it would seem that way. Students this week at Cairo University, the country’s largest national university, sat for final examinations on campuses more closely resembling high security prisons.

North Africa

MENASource

May 8, 2014

MENASource Discussions: Libya Under the Microscope

By MENASource

A new Atlantic Council report examines the threats to Libya’s stability, provides a detailed mapping of the militia landscape, and details policy options for the Libyan government and its international partners. In Libya’s Faustian Bargains: Breaking the Appeasement Cycle, the authors attribute the cycle of violence, intractable political stalemate, and weakened economy to the Libyan authorities’ […]

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