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Top News: Parliamentary Elections Set for April 28

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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: Parliamentary Elections Set for April 28

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Nov 20, 2025

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

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Khalid Azim

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

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Top News: Parliamentary Elections Set for April 28

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Nov 10, 2025

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

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Alessia Melcangi

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

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Feb 22, 2013

Top News: Parliamentary Elections Set for April 28

By Egypt Source

Elections for Egypt’s lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, will begin in April and take place over four stages with the House finally convening in July.

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Feb 22, 2013

Syria: From Objective to Strategy

By Frederic C. Hof

The objective of US policy for Syria should be a Syria fundamentally inclined to cooperate with the United States in the region and beyond, as discussed in a previous commentary. Achieving this objective would involve seven conditions: elimination of the Assad regime; its replacement by a non-sectarian government of citizenship and civil society, one governing […]

Syria

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Feb 21, 2013

Preparing for Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections: A Guide

By Nancy Messieh

Last updated: 2/21/2013  With Parliamentary elections slated for April, and President Mohamed Morsi adamantly stating that they will go on as expected, a few of Egypt’s political parties have begun to prepare for the ballot boxes.  With no date set as of yet, Morsi has until February 25 to announce the date, as per the […]

North Africa

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Feb 21, 2013

Once Again: The Unconstitutionality of the Election Law

By Yussef Auf

As was expected, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled many provisions of the proposed Elections Law and Exercise of Political Rights Law, as unconstitutional. This decision reflects the continuing state of disarray that colors the legislative process in Egypt, both in the constitutional drafting process and the passage of laws. The SCC found that amendments […]

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Feb 21, 2013

Top News: Egypt Passes Electoral Law, Paves Way for Elections

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s Shura Council, the upper house of parliament, adopted on Thursday an electoral law as amended by the Constitutional Court, clearing the way for President Mohamed Morsi to set a date for lower house elections.  

MENASource

Feb 21, 2013

United States Needs to Show Egypt Some Tough Love

By Michele Dunne and Robert Kagan

President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry need to pay attention to Egypt — now. The most populous Arab country, poster child of the Arab Spring, faces a looming economic crisis and a widespread breakdown in law and order, including increasingly prevalent crime and rape. Either will cripple Egypt’s faltering effort to become a stable democracy.

MENASource

Feb 20, 2013

‘No’ to Political Violence, Because…

By Jayson Casper

Cynics throughout Egypt could only smirk. Thousands of Islamists protested against the recent wave of political violence, answering the call of one of its most notorious perpetrators, the Jama’a Islamiya. Throughout the 1990s they led an armed campaign against the Mubarak regime, as well as targeting tourists in a bid to discredit the state. In […]

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Feb 20, 2013

Top News: Shura Council Accuses SCC of Undermining Lawmakers

By Egypt Source

Members of the Shura Council accused the Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday of undermining lawmakers following its rejection of several elections law articles governing parliamentary polls.  

MENASource

Feb 19, 2013

FJP and Ministry of Social Affairs: An Identical Vision for Civil Society in Egypt

By Mohamed Zaree

The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood recently proposed a draft civil society law. Submitted by the Ministry of State for Administrative Development, led by Dr. Mohammed Ali Bashar, a Muslim Brotherhood and FJP leader, the draft would replace current law No. 84 of 2002. This coincided with the […]

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Feb 19, 2013

Top News: Morsi’s Advisory Team Less Diverse after Months of Walkouts

By Egypt Source

After seven months, Mohamed Morsi’s presidential advisory team has lost 11 out of its 21 members, primarily because of resignations. The majority of the remaining members are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

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