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Top News: Top Prosecutor Summons Activists Over Clashes

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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: Top Prosecutor Summons Activists Over Clashes

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: Top Prosecutor Summons Activists Over Clashes

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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Mar 26, 2013

Top News: Top Prosecutor Summons Activists Over Clashes

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s prosecutor general on Monday ordered the arrest of five prominent political activists accused of inciting violence against President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, a step the opposition decried as a reversal for democracy.  GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Egypt’s Morsi should head up new govt: Presidential advisor A new government headed by President Mohamed Morsi is the […]

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Mar 26, 2013

Syria: Is Iraq the Wrong Lesson?

By Frederic C. Hof

Cautionary tales related to the US invasion and occupation of Iraq are often cited to justify the Obama administration’s reluctance to intervene militarily in Syria, even in ways falling far short of boots on the ground.

Syria

MENASource

Mar 25, 2013

On American Calls to Impose Conditions on Aid to Post-Revolutionary Egypt

By Amr Abd El-Atty

There has been increased talk in US Congress lately on imposing conditions on American economic and military aid to post-revolutionary Egypt, which currently sits at $1.5 Billion annually.  In the past week, four members of the US Senate proposed amendments to the federal budget concerning this aid. 

United States and Canada

MENASource

Mar 25, 2013

Top News: Egypt President Warns Opposition Against Promoting Violence

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsi has denounced Friday’s attacks on Muslim Brotherhood offices and called for action against politicians found guilty of inciting the violence. GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Egypt president warns opposition against ‘promoting violence President Mohamed Morsi has denounced Friday’s attacks on Muslim Brotherhood offices and called for action against politicians found guilty of inciting the […]

MENASource

Mar 25, 2013

The United States, Europe, and the Case of Syria*

By Frederic C. Hof

How can Europe and the United States effectively work together to try to end Syria’s nightmare, bringing about a comprehensive political transition from corrupt and incompetent family rule to a modern, representative, and nonsectarian government? 

Europe & Eurasia
Syria

MENASource

Mar 22, 2013

This Week in Egypt – March 22, 2013

By Nancy Messieh

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

MENASource

Mar 22, 2013

Voting Patterns in Egypt: Heading Toward a Competitive Political Environment

By Hannah Grigg

The Rand Corporation launched a new report today, ‘Voting Patterns in Post-Mubarak Egypt,’ with an event featuring report author Jeffrey Martini and commentary from Michele Dunne of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Samer Shehata of Georgetown University. Using data from four post-Mubarak elections, the report gives a better understanding […]

MENASource

Mar 22, 2013

Off the Egyptian Press: A View on Women’s Rights

By Andrew Ver Steegh

The Muslim Brotherhood’s statement last week on the draft of a document produced by the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and the slapping of a female activist protesting on Egyptian Woman’s Day in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters, have once again drawn attention to issues surrounding women’s rights in Egypt.  Several commentators […]

MENASource

Mar 22, 2013

Top News: Activists, Brotherhood Youth Scuffle in Moqattam

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said it would defend its headquarters against protesters if necessary, raising the possibility of a confrontation at a demonstration planned in Cairo on Friday.  

MENASource

Mar 21, 2013

National Partnership is Our Last Refuge, Not the Army

By Amr Hamzawy

Calls are growing, both on the streets and in the media, for the Egyptian army to return to the political arena, with some seeing the military as Egypt’s last refuge against chaos and collapse. Rather than demand for the return of military rule, I call on all secular parties to look for “democratic” solutions to […]

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