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Egypt’s Military: Protecting its Sprawling Economic Empire

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Twenty questions (and expert answers) on the Israel-Iran war

The escalation between Israel and Iran has raised many important questions about a region already facing crises on multiple fronts.

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Egypt’s Military: Protecting its Sprawling Economic Empire

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Dispatch from Jerusalem: Inside Israel’s bunkers as Iran war erupts

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Sarah Zaaimi

The stakes are higher as two opposing rhetorics about the region’s future are at play: Pan-Abrahamism and Revolutionary Islamism.

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Egypt’s Military: Protecting its Sprawling Economic Empire

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Jun 17, 2025

Why Hezbollah is unlikely to engage in the Israel-Iran war—for now

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As wave after wave of Israeli jets continue to strike Iran, Tehran’s proxy on Israel’s northern border remains quiet.

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Jan 29, 2014

Egypt’s Military: Protecting its Sprawling Economic Empire

By Safa Joudeh

With the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces giving the nod of approval for a possible presidential bid by Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, his candidacy is looking more likely by the day. Despite overwhelming popular support of Sisi, in this highly polarized political atmosphere, demobilizing the anti-military component of the Egyptian electorate sets the […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jan 29, 2014

Can Mehdi Jomaa Fix Tunisia’s Economy?

By Svetlana Milbert

Months of political stalemate finally came to an end as Tunisia’s Islamist-led government resigned transferring power to caretaker Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa.

North Africa

MENASource

Jan 29, 2014

Top News: Four Al-Jazeera Journalists and Sixteen Others Referred to Criminal Court

By EgyptSource

Egyptian prosecutors referred on Wednesday four foreign Al-Jazeera journalists and sixteen Egyptians, including Peter Greste, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, to criminal court. The sixteen Egyptian defendants face charges including belonging to a terrorist organization, harming national unity and social peace, and using terrorism as a means to their goals.

MENASource

Jan 29, 2014

Syria in The State Of The Union Address

By Frederic C. Hof

In Syria, we’ll support the opposition that rejects the agenda of terrorist networks… American diplomacy, backed by the threat of force, is why Syria’s chemical weapons are being eliminated, and we will continue to work with the international community to usher in the future the Syrian people deserve—a future free of dictatorship, terror and fear.

Syria

MENASource

Jan 28, 2014

The Collapse of the Phrase ‘Constitutional Pragmatism’

By Amr Hamzawy

Some of the political groups, parties and public personalities that raised the banner of democracy and supported the constitutional draft issued by the appointed Committee of 50 worked to encourage participation in the recent referendum, calling on citizens to vote ‘yes.’ As part of this campaign, they employed a hollow and misleading phrase: ‘constitutional pragmatism.’

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Jan 28, 2014

YemenSource – Headlines January 28, 2014

By YemenSource

TOP STORY The Yemen Policy Initiative, a joint effort of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council and the Project on Middle East Democracy, issued a statement congratulating the Yemeni people on the formal conclusion of its National Dialogue Conference, and calling upon the United States and the international community […]

MENASource

Jan 28, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s Minister of Interior Aide Shot Dead in Giza

By MENASource

 General Mohamed al-Saeed, head of the minister of interior’s technical office, was shot and killed by unknown militants on Tuesday morning on al-Haram Street, said a statement issued by the ministry of interior.

MENASource

Jan 28, 2014

Top News: Morsi Appoints Defense Lawyer, Trial Postponed to February 22

By EgyptSource

Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood went on trial at a Cairo police academy on Tuesday on charges in connection with a mass jail break during the 2011 uprising. The trial was postponed on Tuesday to February 22, while the prosecution ordered the arrest of 109 more fugitive defendants. 

MENASource

Jan 28, 2014

EconSource Headlines- January 28, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jan 28, 2014

Yemen Faces Fresh Challenges as National Dialogue Ends

By Danya Greenfield

Amidst troubling reports of setbacks in the Arab awakening countries – ongoing militia violence in Libya and repressive measures in Egypt by the military-backed government – Yemen offers an inspiring and hopeful example with the recent completion of its National Dialogue Conference (NDC).

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