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The Islamist Rift Within Egypt

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May 9, 2025

Why Trump’s Middle East trip should set sights beyond business deals

By all accounts, US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to the Gulf will not prioritize major diplomatic breakthroughs.

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The Islamist Rift Within Egypt

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May 5, 2025

How China turned the Red Sea into a strategic trap for the US

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The Islamist Rift Within Egypt

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May 8, 2025

From rubble to rebirth: A model for Syria’s reconstruction

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May 23, 2013

The Islamist Rift Within Egypt

By Fady Salah

Over a period of 18 days, Egyptians of different ideologies and backgrounds united against former president Mubarak in a remarkable scene that likely won’t be witnessed again. A few weeks after Mubarak’s ouster, with SCAF assuming power, Egyptians started establishing political parties and groups, stimulated by their ideological differences. Theoretically, the emergence of a multi-partisan […]

MENASource

May 23, 2013

Top News: Egypt Court Acquits 7 Policemen in Jan 25 Killing of Protesters

By Egypt Source

A North Cairo criminal court on Wednesday acquitted seven Egyptian security personnel who had been accused of firing on unarmed anti-regime protesters during Egypt’s January 2011 Tahrir Square uprising. Eyewitnesses testified to the prosecutor general that the defendants, who include four policemen and three mid-ranking officers, murdered one protester and attempted to murder 11 others.

MENASource

May 23, 2013

Syria: America’s Stake

By Frederic C. Hof

The 15-3 vote on May 21 in the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee authorizing the administration to provide lethal and nonlethal assistance to vetted elements of Syria’s armed opposition is a potentially significant step toward encouraging President Barack Obama to reverse the decision he made nearly a year ago to deny lethal assistance.

MENASource

May 23, 2013

The United States & the Gulf: From a Marriage of Convenience to a Force for Good

By Richard LeBaron

The relationship between the United States and the Gulf is active, successful in security and economic terms, and has the potential for significant growth. In fact, US-Gulf ties are probably at the highest point in their history. However, it is a young relationship—barely fifty years old in most cases—and it is fragile. It is largely […]

MENASource

May 22, 2013

Morsi Government Resignations

By Nancy Messieh

President Mohamed Morsi began his four year term with seventeen political advisers and four aides. The seventeen advisers were described as being divided between seven ‘political liberals’ and ten advisers with ‘Islamist leanings.’ Among the seventeen advisers, two were women and two Christian.

MENASource

May 22, 2013

Top News: Militants Release Seven Egyptians Kidnapped in Sinai, Operations Continue

By Egypt Source

Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Morsi announced a new crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula.

MENASource

May 22, 2013

Yemen’s National Dialogue: Reshaping the Social Contract

By Danya Greenfield and Hazim Al-Eryani

With Yemen’s National Dialogue firmly underway and a recent presidential directive appointing new military commanders, it is an appropriate moment to assess how far Yemen has come in its transition and what remains ahead.

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MENASource

May 22, 2013

Remember That Historic Arab Spring Speech?

By Amy Hawthorne and Michele Dunne

"We have the chance to show that America values the dignity of the street vendor in Tunisia more than the raw power of the dictator … America must use all our influence to encourage reform in the region … we need to speak honestly about the principles that we believe in, with friend and foe […]

MENASource

May 21, 2013

Delayed Justice

By Ragab Saad

Last October, in one of the most high profile cases involving protester deaths, the court acquitted all defendants accused of their involvement in the so-called “Battle of the Camels.” In the days that followed, the Muslim Brotherhood launched an attack on members of the judiciary associated with the former regime.

MENASource

May 21, 2013

Algeria: A Powder Keg Ready to Explode?

By Karim Mezran

Algeria may be teetering on the brink of a crisis, with the three pillars of the regime’s stability—its powerful military, abundant revenues from hydrocarbons, and the façade of a democratic political system—beginning to crumble. Despite the lack of attention in Western media, Algeria is undergoing what could be viewed as a pre-revolt stage, as the […]

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