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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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The Road to Presidential Elections [Update 3]

MENASource
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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The Road to Presidential Elections [Update 3]

MENASource
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

The Road to Presidential Elections [Update 3]

MENASource
Jan 13, 2026

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

By
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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Apr 17, 2014

The Road to Presidential Elections [Update 3]

By EgyptSource

With voting in Egypt’s second presidential elections in two years expected to take place on May 26 and 27, EgyptSource will be providing periodic updates on the latest news coming out of the Egyptian elections process.

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MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

Top News: Egypt Officials Discuss Prisons; Commission Denies Islamist Allegations of Torture

By EgyptSource

Interim President Adly Mansour met Wednesday with members of the National Council for Human Rights together with interior ministry representatives to discuss the state of prisons in Egypt.

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

Top News: Algerians Head to Polls Amid Fears of Election Fraud

By MENASource

Algerian voters are heading to the polls today, April 17, to vote in a presidential election overshadowed by accusations of fraud and calls for the ruling regime to step down. Incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seeking an unprecedented fourth term amid widespread worries about his health, and following allegations that the results of the previous […]

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

EconSource: Russia to supply Egypt with LNG

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

Silence Please, Algeria is Dying: Interview with Kamal Benkoussa

By Richard Nield

Today is Election Day in Algeria and analysts predict that the aging and ailing incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stands to win yet another term in office, effectively making him president for life. The political space has remained closed since the government canceled the country’s first democratic elections in 1991, which Islamists were poised to win. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Apr 17, 2014

Syria is Not a Stalemate

By Mohammed Alaa Ghanem

Last week, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was quoted as saying that “This year the active phase of military action in Syria will be over.” Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah sounded a similar note, stating, “The danger of the Syrian regime’s fall has ended.” They do not believe the military situation in Syria is a stalemate. As […]

Syria

MENASource

Apr 16, 2014

Top News: Jordanian Jets Strike Vehicles on Syrian Border

By MENASource

Jordanian military warplanes struck a convoy of “camouflaged” vehicles as they were trying to enter Jordan from Syria, the army said in a statement Wednesday, in an unusual move at a time of tensions between the desert kingdom and Damascus. A Syrian military official said the vehicles did not belong to the Syrian army.

MENASource

Apr 16, 2014

Top News: Sabbahi Campaign says Government Dismisses Complaint of Bias; Succeeds in Collecting Signatures

By EgyptSource

The official campaign of leftist presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi said on Tuesday that Egypt’s government has dismissed a complaint it lodged against perceived bias shown by officials in favor of his main rival in the polls, ex-army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.

MENASource

Apr 16, 2014

EconSource: Egyptian government to adopt new economic stimulus package

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Apr 16, 2014

Syria: Is There a Conscious Administration Strategy?

By Frederic C. Hof

At a recent regional conference hosted by the Lebanese Armed Forces in Beirut, a very prominent, careful, and well-connected journalist offered a stunning hypothesis that achieved instant credibility with a roomful of mainly Arab defense, foreign policy, and academic intellectuals: that far from being at sea in terms of Syria policy, the Obama administration is […]

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