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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: UN Mission Suspended After Being Targeted by Snipers

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Jul 31, 2026

Why GCC integration matters more than ever

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Top News: UN Mission Suspended After Being Targeted by Snipers

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Jul 13, 2026

Israel’s next government must prioritize the Abraham Accords

By
Amit Yarom and Itai Melchior

The fall election could open a narrow window for Israel to reset its regional strategy and create momentum to expand normalization.

Israel
Politics & Diplomacy

Top News: UN Mission Suspended After Being Targeted by Snipers

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Aug 3, 2026

Can al-Zaidi separate the sects from the state in Iraq?

By
Munqith Dagher

The biggest challenge facing Iraq’s prime minister is how to curb the role of sectarian institutions in shaping Iraq’s state decisions.

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MENASource

Aug 26, 2013

Top News: UN Mission Suspended After Being Targeted by Snipers

By MENASource

Unidentified snipers shot at UN experts on Monday, forcing them to suspend their attempt to investigate claims that chemical weapons had been used near Damascus. UN weapons investigators were due on Monday to inspect the site of a suspected chemical attack which killed at least 1,300 people last week in Damascus suburbs.

MENASource

Aug 26, 2013

Top News: Prosecutor Refers Espionage Allegations Against Political Activists to State Security

By EgyptSource

Well-known activists and founding members of the April 6 Youth movement Esraa Abdel Fattah and Asmaa Mahfouz are being investigated by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on charges of espionage.

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 26, 2013

The Regime’s Chemical Warfare Calculus

By Faysal Itani

In all likelihood, the Syrian regime used chemical weapons on a large-scale last week, killing hundreds and prompting many observers to ask: With a United Nations team deployed in Damascus specifically to investigate alleged chemical weapons use, why would Bashar al-Assad’s regime so brazenly provoke a serious international backlash and possible military intervention? The confusion […]

Syria

MENASource

Aug 26, 2013

Egypt’s Christians: Pawns in a Political Chess Game

By Amira Mikhail

Following the violent and bloody dispersal of the month-long pro-Mohamed Morsi sit-ins in Raba’a al-Adaweya and al-Nahda, a wave of attacks spread across Egypt leaving close to one hundred churches and Christian properties attacked, damaged, or fully destroyed. While there are only a few reported deaths, this is the largest, most coordinated sectarian violence that […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 23, 2013

This Week in Egypt – August 23, 2013

By Amira Mikhail

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 23, 2013

Top News: Thousands of Pro-Morsi Demonstrators Take to the Streets

By EgyptSource

Marches are underway in several parts of Egypt on Friday with thousands taking to the streets protesting the removal of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and the killing of hundreds of Morsi supporters during a security crackdown last week.

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 23, 2013

Egyptian Eradicators, the Algerian Black Decade, and Salvador Allende

By Karim Mezran

Despite the cacophony resulting from divergent opinions from Washington, Brussels, Ankara, Riyadh, and Doha, about the suspension of aid to Egypt, one consistent warning has been iterated to remind Egyptians that the current situation can only end badly: the Algerian black decade.

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 22, 2013

Key Highlights from the August 22 Draft Constitution

By Mai El-Sadany

For the past few weeks, a committee of ten constitutional legal experts has been reviewing Egypt’s constitution and coming up with amendments to propose. Upon completion of their work, an unofficial copy of these amendments was made available by Al-Masry Al-Youm on August 22. It is important to note that these amendments are in no way […]

Economies In Transition

Aug 22, 2013

Yemen’s Economic Quandary

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

While Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia are reeling from serious political setbacks, Yemen has been proceeding relatively peacefully with a political transition that started in November 2011 with the departure of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh under a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-brokered power-transfer deal.

Economy & Business Yemen

MENASource

Aug 22, 2013

US Should Suspend Funds to the Egyptian Military

By Tamara Cofman Wittes and Amy Hawthorne

If there was any doubt, the bloody crackdown underway in Egypt confirms that the army and security services are back in the driver’s seat of an increasingly chaotic country. With the backing of secular groups, these powerful institutions are working to demolish the Muslim Brotherhood, which they label a terrorist movement, and revive the repressive […]

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