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May 14, 2025

Choppy waters: Egypt’s waning patience with President Trump

By Shahira Amin

The US president’s Suez Canal demands signal “a shift in US-Egyptian relations” which experts describe as “at their lowest ebb in decades.”

Middle East North Africa

New Atlanticist

May 13, 2025

Experts react: Trump just announced the removal of all US sanctions on Syria. What’s next? 

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts provide their insights on how the removal of US sanctions on Syria would affect the country and the wider region.

Civil Society Economic Sanctions

MENASource

May 12, 2025

Gazans fear famine amid Israel aid block: ‘I don’t want to be a number’

By Arwa Damon

For Palestinians, time is running out— a warning that has been echoed at some of the highest ranks of international organizations, including the World Health Organization.

Conflict Human Rights
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Aug 6, 2024

Can northeast Syria delink from the PKK?

By JP Reppeto

The United States needs effective allies in the northeast to stabilize the area and block an ISIS resurgence, while Turkey must prevent the entrenchment of a PKK-led statelet on its border.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Aug 6, 2024

Bakir joins Al Jazeera to discuss Turkey;s Foreign Minister visit to Cairo

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 6, 2024

Bakir in Middle East Monitor: “There will be no major war between Israel and Iran now”

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

In the News

Aug 6, 2024

Tabaqchali in MENAFN:”Tabaqchali: Risks Of Widening Middle East Conflict Resurface”

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Middle East

In the News

Aug 6, 2024

Citrinowicz in Aurora: “Preparing for attack: Iran’s obligation, differences of opinion and fear of escalation”

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

In the News

Aug 5, 2024

Alkhatib quoted in Common Dreams on Israeli Minister saying that ‘Nobody Will Let Us’ starve 2 million Gazans

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Israel

In the News

Aug 5, 2024

Samaan joins BBC to discuss tensions in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Middle East

MENASource

Aug 5, 2024

Imane Khelif is a woman, contrary to what the internet says

By Yaseen Rashed

By denying Khelif’s womanhood and leveraging her win to disseminate miseducated narratives that fuel anti-LGBTQI sentiments, critics are essentializing the definition of gender and perpetuating the stigma surrounding hyperandrogenism

Middle East North Africa

In the News

Aug 5, 2024

Citrinowicz in Institute for National Security Studies: “Preparing for Attack: Iran’s Obligation, Differences of Opinion, and Fear of Escalation”

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

In the News

Aug 5, 2024

Yamamoto in Just Security: “Israel’s ‘War on Terror’ and the Legal and Security Imperative to Comply with International Law”

By Atlantic Council

Conflict International Norms
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Reem Goussous

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Robert Fardi

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Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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Ellie Sennett 

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Arabic Middle East

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Mark Mowrey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Atlantic Council in Turkey

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Dan Rothem

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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