With curated multimedia series focused on hard hitting issues such climate change as well as current events, MENASource seeks to explore all facets of life in the region as affected by political, security, economic, and cultural issues.

Of particular focus and interest are the minorities, women, and the youth populations across the region and how they are affected by the changing environments.

The views expressed in MENASource are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Atlantic Council, its staff, or its supporters.

Learn more about the Middle East

Ambassador Fred Hof’s Testimony on Syria before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 31, 2013

MENASource
Jul 30, 2025

After Swaida: How Syria’s periphery is shaping its future

What comes next in Syria will not be determined by battlefield victories or summit declarations, but by the evolving realities on the ground.

Read More

Ambassador Fred Hof’s Testimony on Syria before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 31, 2013

MENASource
Aug 5, 2025

Did the Israel-Iran war expose China’s Middle East policy?

By
Andrea Ghiselli

The region’s importance in Beijing’s foreign policy is limited and, thus, not much energy and resources are invested in long-term planning.

China
Iran

Ambassador Fred Hof’s Testimony on Syria before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 31, 2013

MENASource
Jul 31, 2025

Beyond tariffs: Building a win-win relationship between the US and Iraq

By
Ahmed Tabaqchali

Iraq is among the countries to face a 30 percent tariff starting August 1 on its exports to the United States.

Energy Markets & Governance
Iraq

Stay Updated


Content

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

Ambassador Fred Hof’s Testimony on Syria before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 31, 2013

By MENASource

Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, Members of the Committee: I am deeply honored by your invitation to testify today on the situation in Syria.  It is a situation for which the word “appalling” barely suffices.  The crisis in Syria has, for more than 30 months, been destroying a country of 23 million people. 

Syria

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

Top News: Tunisia’s New Prime Minister to be Announced Saturday

By MENASource

The name of the new prime minister will be announced on Saturday and the election of nine members of the Independent Higher Authority for Elections Council (ISIE) could take place early next week, Ettakatol Party member Mouldi Riahi said on Wednesday, as the ISIE selection committee began reexamining candidacies for the electoral board.

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

EconSource Headlines- October 31, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Syria: Ambassador Fred Hof to Testify Thursday Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

By MENASource

On Thursday, October 31 Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Ambassador Frederic C. Hof will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senate Committee will convene two panels to discuss the crisis in Syria.

Syria

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Hailing Hellfires

By Fatima Abo Alasrar

Apart from the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference that has been generating good news in the press, the country is on a rapidly deteriorating course toward uncertainty.

Yemen

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

A Place for Women in Egypt’s Transition

Women, who stood side-by-side with men at the frontlines of Egypt’s uprising facing off with Central Security Forces, have found themselves marginalized over the past two years. Issues relating to women’s rights have been sidelined as discussions over legislation under successive regimes instead focus on measures that would stifle civil society in Egypt, and crack […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Top News: Senior Brotherhood Leader Essam al-Erian Arrested

By EgyptSource

Essam al-Erian, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member who had been on the run, has been arrested early Wednesday in the Fifth Settlement neighborhood of Cairo, after 100 failed attempts to catch him, according to security sources.

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Top News: Leading Brotherhood Figure Essam El-Erian Arrested in Egypt

By MENASource

Egyptian security forces arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Essam El-Erian in the early hours of Wednesday, state television reported. Police received a tip off that El-Erian, the vice president of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Brotherhood’s political wing, was hiding in an apartment in Cairo’s upscale Fifth Settlement district.

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

EconSource Headlines- October 30, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Oct 30, 2013

Libya: Nothing to Celebrate

By Mustafa Fetouri

Had it not been for the recent brief kidnapping of Libya’s prime minister Mr. Ali Zidan, Libya would not likely come up in the international news arena. The country has sadly dropped out of the spotlight, particularly in the West. Invited to speak to Amnesty International in Belgium, I asked my audience about the most […]

Libya
Load More