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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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Top News: Tunisia Ruling Parties Willing to ‘Push Forward’ Without Opposition

MENASource
Mar 26, 2026

As Iran attacks, the US should provide air defense for Iraqi Kurdistan

Washington faces a choice: Continue to defer to Baghdad’s procedural objections while Iran conducts unimpeded strikes on Kurdish territory or acknowledge the strategic reality and take decisive action.

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Top News: Tunisia Ruling Parties Willing to ‘Push Forward’ Without Opposition

MENASource
Mar 17, 2026

A crisis in Egypt could be a warning sign for the global economy 

By
Khalid Azim

Market watchers should keep an eye on Egypt as an oil shock could cause financial turmoil.

Economy & Business
International Financial Institutions

Top News: Tunisia Ruling Parties Willing to ‘Push Forward’ Without Opposition

MENASource
Mar 11, 2026

Three lessons from Libya for the war in Iran

By
Frank Talbot

Any outside power using force to attain a political outcome must define the end state it seeks, align coalition partners around a shared strategy, and establish credible escalation controls.

Conflict
Iran

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Sep 26, 2013

Top News: Tunisia Ruling Parties Willing to ‘Push Forward’ Without Opposition

By MENASource

The Tunisian government is facing increased political pressure after thousands of people demonstrated against the ruling parties on Wednesday. The Tamarrod movement announced its plans to organize a “Day of Rage” on Monday, September 30.

MENASource

Sep 26, 2013

Top News: Egypt Minister Says Relations with United States Unsettled

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s relations with the United States are “unsettled” as the country struggles to redefine its national interests vis-à-vis other countries, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said.

MENASource

Sep 26, 2013

In Defense of the ‘Piece of Candy’

By Alaa Al Aswany

Suppose you have a daughter at the age of marriage and an appropriate groom proposed to her: somebody who’s well off, well educated, with a promising future ahead of him, in addition to his good upbringing and religiosity. The only fault with him is that he was divorced with no children. Would you accept that […]

MENASource

Sep 25, 2013

Yemen Needs Friends

By Danya Greenfield

While most attention at the U.N. General Assembly this week is focused on Iran and Syria, the Friends of Yemen group will hold its sixth ministerial meeting on the sidelines. It will be an opportunity for the government of Yemen to hold donors accountable for pledged money and for donors to hold the Yemenis accountable […]

Yemen

MENASource

Sep 25, 2013

Syria: The President Speaks

By Frederic Hof

Using the forum of the United Nations General Assembly, President Barack Obama tried to present a coherent picture of the US approach to a region whose challenges will dominate the balance of his presidency whether he likes it or not.

Syria

MENASource

Sep 25, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s Solidarity Ministry Concludes NGO Draft Law

By MENASource

The committee of legal experts formed by Minister of Solidarity Ahmed al-Boraei concluded Monday afternoon a new NGO draft law.

MENASource

Sep 25, 2013

Top News: Egypt Government Postpones Dissolution of Brotherhood; Security forces Shut Down FJP Newspaper Headquarters

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s interim-government will postpone dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood until all litigation measures against members of the group are finalized, Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed al-Boraie stated Tuesday. Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities have shut down the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice newspaper in Cairo.

MENASource

Sep 25, 2013

Strategic Vision, Not Pessimism, Needed to Support the Arab Transitions

By Danya Greenfield

President Obama’s speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday was perhaps his most honest—though somewhat disappointing to those wanting the United States to play a vigorous democracy promotion role—account of US policy priorities in the Middle East.

North Africa Yemen

MENASource

Sep 25, 2013

What Obama Said About Egypt in his UNGA Speech

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, President Barack Obama touched upon several key issues relating to the Middle East: Syria, Iran, the Israel-Palestine peace process, as well as dedicating several minutes to speaking about Egypt.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 24, 2013

A Path Leading to Failure

By Mohamed Elgohari

The two consecutive regimes that ran Egypt from the January 2011 revolution up until July 3, 2013, have a key issue in common: neither seemed to grasp the social, economic, and political essence of the revolution. Whether the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) or the Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohamed Morsi, neither sought to […]

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