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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.

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Top News: Israel Talking To Egypt Over Sinai Troop Movements

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: Israel Talking To Egypt Over Sinai Troop Movements

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: Israel Talking To Egypt Over Sinai Troop Movements

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
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Aug 22, 2012

Top News: Israel Talking To Egypt Over Sinai Troop Movements

By Egypt Source

Israeli officials say Egypt is violating their 1979 peace treaty by deploying tanks in the demilitarized Sinai desert. The officials said Tuesday they have made their objections known to the Egyptians directly and through American mediators. 

MENASource

Aug 22, 2012

Pervasive Use of Mubarak’s Legislation to Control Egypt’s Media

By Magdy Samaan and Nancy Messieh

A pervasive fear that constraints will be placed on freedom of expression is taking hold in the wake of several worrying developments in Egypt’s media landscape. The country has witnessed a surge in attacks against free speech, and a return to authoritarian practices – an indication to some that Egypt may be shifting away from […]

MENASource

Aug 21, 2012

Top News: Fierce Debates Plague Final Drafts of Egypt’s Constitution

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s Constituent Assembly is in the final weeks of drafting the country’s new constitution, with as much as 70 per cent of the document already drafted, according to assembly member and newly-appointed Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mohamed Mahsoub. 

MENASource

Aug 21, 2012

In Egypt, Social Stigma of Street Kids Continues to Hinder Legal Protection, Access to Aid

By Soraya Morayef

In Egypt, non-profit shelters struggle to protect and rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of children left to the volatile street life of crime, drugs and sexual abuse, while a poorly implemented child law passed four years ago has failed to protect them against police brutality and social ostracism.

MENASource

Aug 20, 2012

Libya’s Choice: National Reconciliation or Chaos

By Karim Mezran

The three bombs that exploded on August 19 in Tripoli should serve as a serious wake up call for the country. It is a miracle that they did not cause more than the two deaths and four injuries than they did. Libyan security forces have no doubt that the sponsors as well as the perpetrators […]

Libya

MENASource

Aug 20, 2012

Top News: Presidency: Legislative authority not transferred to Shura Council

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsy is not transferring legislative authority to the Shura Council, Presidency spokesperson Yasser Ali said Sunday. Ali stressed that the president adheres to Egypt’s constitutions since 1923, which state that in case of the absence of the People’s Assembly, either due a parliamentary recess or its dissolution, the power to legislate is transferred […]

MENASource

Aug 20, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood: Trust Us

By Jayson Casper

As President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood slowly appropriate power, they consistently issue an unspoken theme: Trust us. They do not say so, of course; that no one should be trusted is a platitude in politics. Rather, at each step from the revolution through the transition to the presidency, they speak of consensus, broad-based […]

MENASource

Aug 17, 2012

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Report: ‘Intellectual Terrorism and the Policy of Censorship’

By Nancy Messieh

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights released a 63 page report (Arabic) "Intellectual Terrorism and the Policy of Censorship", focusing on the state of press freedom in Egypt, beginning with the January 2011 uprising up until the present day. EOHR has outlined the repressive tactics that have been used against journalists in the country, whether […]

MENASource

Aug 17, 2012

Top News: Government Promises Change in State Media Content

By Egypt Source

The content of state media will change in the coming months, Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud told reporters Thursday evening. Leading media should be characterized by professionalism and provide different opinions, Abdel Maqsoud said, adding that those who do not adhere to professionalism, objectivity, neutrality and ethics would simply be dismissed.  GOVERNMENT Morsy promises not […]

MENASource

Aug 17, 2012

Amr El Salanekly: The Smartest Kid in the Room [Faces of Egypt]

By Soraya Morayef

At twenty-two, Amr El Salanekly has won the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative fellowship, co-founded a social incubator and an educational platform for underprivileged kids, turned down a job with Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus’ Grameen Bank, and raised hundreds of thousands of Egyptian pounds for community projects in Egypt, while completing his bachelor’s degree at […]

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