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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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Navy SEAL Action Behind Words in Support of Libyan Institutions

MENASource
Mar 26, 2026

As Iran attacks, the US should provide air defense for Iraqi Kurdistan

Washington faces a choice: Continue to defer to Baghdad’s procedural objections while Iran conducts unimpeded strikes on Kurdish territory or acknowledge the strategic reality and take decisive action.

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Navy SEAL Action Behind Words in Support of Libyan Institutions

MENASource
Mar 17, 2026

A crisis in Egypt could be a warning sign for the global economy 

By
Khalid Azim

Market watchers should keep an eye on Egypt as an oil shock could cause financial turmoil.

Economy & Business
International Financial Institutions

Navy SEAL Action Behind Words in Support of Libyan Institutions

MENASource
Mar 11, 2026

Three lessons from Libya for the war in Iran

By
Frank Talbot

Any outside power using force to attain a political outcome must define the end state it seeks, align coalition partners around a shared strategy, and establish credible escalation controls.

Conflict
Iran

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Mar 18, 2014

Navy SEAL Action Behind Words in Support of Libyan Institutions

By Karim Mezran

In the early hours of Monday, March 17 in the Mediterranean, US Navy SEALS seized the tanker that just a few days earlier infamously loaded illicitly-obtained oil from an eastern oil field and escaped from Libyan authorities. Many have decried the move, authorized by President Barack Obama, as a breach of Libyan sovereignty and a […]

Libya

MENASource

Mar 18, 2014

Top News: Officer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison in Abu Zaabal Case

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian court sentenced a police officer to ten years in prison, with labor, on Tuesday, over the killing of thirty-seven detainees who were described as supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

MENASource

Mar 18, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 18, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

Video: The Arab Spring Three Years On

By MENASource

The uprisings in the Middle East that gripped the world’s attention have changed the political landscape substantially. But to what degree do the Arab transitioning countries share a common thread in this recent transformation?

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

Syria: Three Years and Counting

By Frederic C. Hof

When Bashar al-Assad authorized the shooting of peaceful demonstrators in Deraa three years ago, no one foresaw the destruction of Syria, and no one could have imagined the enormity of human suffering and political instability that would flow from such a craven and stupid decision.

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

The Arab Countries in Transition: Three Years On [Video]

By EgyptSource

Following the release of the report, The State of the Arab Transitions, Mirette F. Mabrouk, Deputy Director with the Rafik Hariri Middle East Center, speaks about the Arab countries in transition, and the overall sense of hope resilient that the demands of the uprisings that swept the region will be met. 

North Africa

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

Top News: US Navy SEALS board tanker carrying oil from Libya rebel port

By MENASource

US special forces have seized a tanker that fled with a cargo of oil from a Libyan port, the US Department of Defense said on Monday, halting an attempt by rebels to sell petroleum on the global market.

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

Top News: Six Military Conscripts Shot Dead Near Cairo

By EgyptSource

Gunmen shot dead six army officers near Cairo on Saturday, the second attack on Egyptian security forces in three days that the military has blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.

MENASource

Mar 17, 2014

The Week in Egypt [March 17, 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

Mar 17, 2014

Yesterday an Enemy, Today a Friend?

By Amira Mikhail

The nuanced, complicated-nature, and symbolic defeat of a theological state that came with June 30 has left most Christians in Egypt ironically and dangerously excited, hopeful, and confident in the current government and more precisely, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

North Africa
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