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What Libya Can Learn from Yemen

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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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What Libya Can Learn from Yemen

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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.

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National Security

What Libya Can Learn from Yemen

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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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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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Feb 4, 2014

What Libya Can Learn from Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

Libya-watchers should be encouraged by the initiation of the country’s National Dialogue last month and an election date set for the constitution-making body on February 20, both of which give much-needed positive momentum to lift Libya out of the cycle of violence and recrimination.

Libya
Yemen

MENASource

Feb 4, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 4, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 4, 2014

Egypt’s Silenced Youth

By Rana Muhammad Taha

A look at Tahrir Square on January 25 during the 2011 uprising’s third anniversary would leave one wondering where all the younger protesters who led the movement have gone. Not only was the square packed with army supporters and devoid of any slogans referencing the original revolutionary demands, it included demonstrators holding posters of ousted […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 3, 2014

YemenSource | Fresh Challenges Ahead As National Dialogue Ends

By YemenSource

Hariri Center acting director Danya Greenfield writes for BBC Online that “Yemen offers an inspiring and hopeful example with the recent completion of [the NDC]…however, “now Yemen’s leaders must start the even more  difficult process of translating it into meaningful action and incorporating the principles into a new constitution.”

Yemen

MENASource

Feb 3, 2014

Top News: Growing concern over AQIM’s role in Tunisia

By MENASource

Reports have emerged that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s (AQIM) Algerian chief Abdelmalek Droukdel intends to establish a new branch in Tunisia and Libya.

MENASource

Feb 3, 2014

Top News: Brotherhood Leaders Face Fresh Accusations; Acquits Sixty-one Morsi Loyalists

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s prosecutor-general has ordered that Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and fifty others be referred to criminal court for “guiding the organization to resist the state during August’s dispersal of the Raba’a sit-in and spread chaos in the country.” Meanwhile, North Cairo criminal court has acquitted sixty-one supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and Al-Jazeera photographer Mohamed Badr.

MENASource

Feb 3, 2014

Libya: From Discordant Discourse To National Dialogue

By Lara Talverdian and Katherina Pruegel

Libya’s seemingly insurmountable challenges—from deteriorating security to a hampered economy to political paralysis—stem from the reality that, within Libya, there is no national conversation about the future of the country. Instead, there are multiple ongoing conversations, as various stakeholders assert (and in some cases forcefully impose) their niche demands in the absence of a shared […]

Libya

MENASource

Feb 3, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 3, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 3, 2014

Syria: What Next for Geneva II?

By Frederic C. Hof

The idea of convening warring parties to negotiate peace is, under normal circumstances, honorable, praiseworthy, and practical. Yet there is nothing normal about the Geneva II initiative. These parties—Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the Syrian National Coalition—have been convened as if there are misunderstandings to clear up and compromises to reach. Getting the parties […]

Syria

MENASource

Jan 31, 2014

The Port Said Massacre: A Photo Essay

By Jonathan Rashad

On February 1 2012, the Port Said stadium witnessed one of the biggest catastrophes in Egypt’s recent history, in a match between Cairo’s al-Ahly club and Port Said’s al-Masry club. Under the auspices of the police, seventy-two football fans from al-Ahly’s biggest fan club ‘Ultras Ahlawy’ were slaughtered in the stadium by football fans from […]

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