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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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EconSource Headlines- February 19, 2014

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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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EconSource Headlines- February 19, 2014

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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

EconSource Headlines- February 19, 2014

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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MENASource

Feb 19, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 19, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Why Egypt Matters to the UAE

By EgyptSource

With the fall of former president Mohamed Morsi in early July, several Gulf countries have propped up Egypt’s failing economy with a stream of cash pledged to the North African country. Mere days after Morsi’s fall, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Kuwait together had already pledged $8 billion to Egypt. Of the […]

North Africa The Gulf

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Syria: Back To Basics

By Frederic C. Hof

In his 2014 Munich Security Conference remarks, Henry Kissinger commented that democracies must, in foreign policy, articulate clear objectives within parameters that the public can support. In the specific case of Syria, said Kissinger, the objective has to be about more than the removal of a person. Ideally the Obama administration used the pause offered […]

Syria

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Egypt, not Syria, the Main Game for the United Arab Emirates

By Richard LeBaron

When Secretary Kerry met with leaders in Abu Dhabi the evening of February 17, he surely briefed them on the latest US thinking on Syria and Iran. It is also likely that his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) briefed him on their activities in Egypt, which they consider their most important foreign policy […]

North Africa The Gulf

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Top News: Lebanon forms government after ten-month deadlock

By MENASource

A new government was announced on Saturday ending a long political deadlock that was compounding turmoil in Lebanon due to spillover from Syria. Battle lines have been drawn between political forces lining up behind Hezbollah and the Sunni-led bloc, a political struggle exacerbated by sectarian civil war in Syria.

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 18, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

Top News: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis Claims Responsibility for Tourist Bus Blast Which Left Four Dead

By EgyptSource

Militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility for the bombing of a tourist bus that killed four people in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday. The Ministry of Interior also said the remains of a body thought to be the suicide bomber were found at the scene of the explosion. The Sinai based group said in a Monday […]

MENASource

Feb 18, 2014

National Security Initiatives Needed to Safeguard Libyan Democracy

By Ayat Mneina

The month of February this year does not only mark the anniversary of the uprising, but it will also be a month of intense debate that will determine Libya’s political future: the drafting of the constitution. While Libya’s leaders will take some major political decisions this month, Libya’s security problems persist and present serious challenges […]

Libya

MENASource

Feb 14, 2014

Top News: Low-Level Conflict Afflicts Bahrain on Third Uprising Anniversary

By MENASource

Three years after the eruption of a popular uprising in Bahrain that security forces subdued but have failed to stamp out, the ruling family has launched a new dialogue with the opposition but a breakthrough to end the turmoil remains elusive.

MENASource

Feb 14, 2014

Top News: Parties Condemn State’s Violent Practices

By EgyptSource

The Muslim Brotherhood’s responsibility for escalating violence and terrorizing citizens should not implicate security forces in practices that violate the newly passed constitution, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) said Wednesday. In a press statement, the party condemned alleged torture that took place at detention facilities where those arrested on the backdrop of the 2011 […]

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