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Top News: Egypt Police Storm Kerdasa, One Officer Killed

MENASource
Dec 7, 2025

One year after Assad’s fall, here’s what’s needed to advance justice for Syrians

The second year of a post-Assad Syria requires structural reform, victim-centered leadership, and international reinforcement.

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Top News: Egypt Police Storm Kerdasa, One Officer Killed

MENASource
Nov 20, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s next horizon: Building human capital beyond Vision 2030

By
Khalid Azim

Riyadh still needs to take fully support small and medium-sized enterprises—the true engines of job creation.

Economy & Business
Middle East

Top News: Egypt Police Storm Kerdasa, One Officer Killed

MENASource
Nov 10, 2025

The Nile at a crossroads: Navigating the GERD dispute as Egypt’s floodwaters rise

By
Alessia Melcangi

The latest escalation between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia coincides with a diplomatic shift from the United States.

Africa
Climate Change & Climate Action

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Sep 19, 2013

Top News: Egypt Police Storm Kerdasa, One Officer Killed

By EgyptSource

Egyptian security forces clashed with gunmen on the outskirts of Cairo on Thursday as the army-backed government moved to reassert control over an Islamist-dominated area where political violence broke out last month.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 19, 2013

There Will Be No Syrian Solution Until the Shelling Stops

By Frederic C. Hof

“Government forces continued to rely on heavy and often indiscriminate firepower to target areas they were unwilling or unable to recapture through ground operations. A variety of fire assets, including missiles, jet fighters and artillery, were systematically employed against restive localities to prevent a return to normality under armed group control and to sanction the […]

Syria

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

How to Reclaim Egypt’s Lost Revolution

By Tarek Radwan

The crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi on August 14 was a watershed moment in Egypt’s transition, yet the passing of its one-month anniversary might mark the passing of the window of opportunity for reviving Egypt’s fragile march towards democracy. The clamoring over the new Egyptian constitution is taking place amid a sustained crackdown […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Draft Constitutional Amendments: On the Shura Council and Judicial Powers

By Yussef Auf

As the fifty-member constitutional committee continues to discuss amendments, there are several changes made by the ten-member legal committee tasked with drafting the amendments that are worth noting, many of which could have a detrimental effect on the parliament as well as on the judiciary. In regard to the Shura Council, the appointment of the public […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Top News: Frenchman Dies After Egypt Police Cell Beating; Jailed Canadians Begin Hunger Strike

By EgyptSource

A French citizen died while in police custody after being detained for breaking curfew, a security source told the website of the state daily al-Ahram, two Canadians jailed in Egypt have started a hunger strike to protest their “arbitrary” detention.

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Dalga: The Brotherhood’s Doublespeak Continues

By Mina Fayek

The Brotherhood’s penchant for doublespeak is nothing new. In April 2013, in the aftermath of the Boston Bombings, and in September 2012, in the wake of the attack on the US embassies in Libya and Egypt, the Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, were quick to condemn the attacks, in English. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Top News: Frenchman Dies After Egypt Police Cell Beating

By MENASource

France’s foreign ministry says a Frenchman died while in police custody in the Egyptian capital. The ministry said Tuesday it was seeking details about the death of the man who Egyptian authorities say was killed by cellmates while in police custody in Cairo.

MENASource

Sep 18, 2013

Tunisia: Ennahda’s Uncertain Future

By Naim Ameur

With the raging war in Syria, the ouster of the first democratically elected president in Egypt, and unstable political paralysis in Libya, Tunisia’s democratic transition seems to be the last hope of the Arab spring in the region.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 17, 2013

MENASource Discussions: A Conversation with Dr. Mustafa Abushagur

By MENASource

Karim Mezran, senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center, sat down with Dr. Mustafa Abushagur, former interim Libyan deputy prime minister, to ask him questions on September 12 regarding the most pertinent issues facing Libya’s transition to democracy.

Libya

MENASource

Sep 17, 2013

Top News: Brotherhood Spokesman Gehad al-Haddad Arrested

By EgyptSource

Spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood Gehad al-Haddad was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in an apartment in Cairo’s Nasr City. Haddad was arrested along with Morsi-era governor of Qalyubiya Hossam Abu Bakr.

North Africa
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