Assad forms new cabinet, grants detainees amnesty
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Fears of Lebanon being caught in Saudi-Iran cold war
April 16th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } BEIRUT — A war of words between Lebanon's pro-Western and Iranian-backed camps has sparked fears of a...
U.S. keeps quiet over repression in Bahrain
April 16th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } WASHINGTON — If President Barack Obama wanted to place Washington "on the right side of history"...
Bahrain unrest: Torture fears as activists die in jail
April 16th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Two Bahraini Shi'a activists who were detained after weeks of anti-government protests have died in police...Clinton presses for reform across the Arab world
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the Arab world's revolutions could...Maliki’s doubts threaten post-2011 troop presence plan
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to the U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division troops from...Syria puts reform on the agenda amid calls for justice
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } DAMASCUS — Syrian lawmakers plan to adopt major reforms in May, including an end to emergency rule, a...How Bahrain strong-armed the president of the United States
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }The men walking down the street looked ordinary enough. Ordinary, at least, for these days of tumult and protest in the Middle...
Libya splitting Republicans like Balkans did in 1990s
April 8th, 20110 Head of the rebel forces Abdel Fattah Younes attends a news conference in Benghazi April 5, 2011. Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Tuesday criticized NATO as too slow to act and said they would ask the U.N. Security Council to suspend its mission unless it "did its job properly". Younes said NATO's inaction was...
U.S. treads cautious line on Yemen protests
April 8th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }@font-face { font-family: "Lucida Grande"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } An army soldier tries to prevent an anti-government...Can Assad save his regime with radical reforms?
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Regime change in Syria may have a huge impact on the entire Middle East. If the changes are genuine...Why Erdogan can’t let Assad down
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } ANKARA (IPS) — A new week, a new campaign for Ankara's diplomacy. After a victorious...
Neo-Cons target Assad regime
April 2nd, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } WASHINGTON (IPS) — Despite the clear opposition of the Barack Obama administration and apparent...
Bahrain steps up crackdown on opposition
April 2nd, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Bahrain has stepped up the arrests of Shia Muslims, including cyber activists, with more than 300 detained......
Yemen protesters vow not to budge until Saleh quits
April 2nd, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } SANAA — The Yemeni opposition accused President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday of "maneuvers" to gain time in...Isreali court orders Jerusalem family to share home with Jewish settlers
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } In the last month Palestinians in Jerusalem continued to face ongoing violence and settler takeovers of their......
Tunisia needs international supervision for the upcoming July elections
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Dr. Iadh Ben Achour, head of the Tunisian High Council for Political Reforms and the Achievement of...Saudi activists say kingdom needs real political reforms
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } KUWAIT CITY — The announcement of municipal polls, hot on the heels of a huge economic aid...Israeli strikes escalate against Gaza
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } A series of rockets have slammed into the Israeli port city of Ashdod, just south of Tel Aviv, shortly after...
Simmering unrest a worry for Assad
March 26th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Protesters gather near the Omari Mosque in the southern old city of Deraa March 22, 2011.Syrian forces killed at......
Bahrain fends off charge of pressing crackdown
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } DUBAI — Amnesty International on Thursday accused Bahrain of pressing on with a crackdown against Shi'a...Yemen opposition eyes transition as fears rise
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } SANAA — An escalating anti-regime campaign was seeking a transition on Thursday rather than more......
Egyptians endorse constitutional change amid mounting polarization
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } CAIRO (IPS) — Egyptians overwhelmingly endorsed a raft of proposed constitutional changes in a nationwide...
Israel accused of ‘A Form of Ethnic Cleansing’
March 26th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } RAMALLAH (IPS) — "If the regime that encourages incitement, racism and anti-democracy is not......
