On Sunday Morocco saw 3,000 demonstrators in Casablanca, and as many as 2,000 called for regime change on the streets of Tangier. These events marked the pro-democracy February 20th Movement's resumption of its weekly Sunday protests, which had ...

Al 'Arabiya has reported that the highest ranking officer in the Syrian Army to defect, Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Harmoush, along with two other dissident officers were abducted by Turkish intelligence agents and smuggled back across the border into Syria, ...

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Doyle McManus argues that as "Congress is getting ready to make deep cuts in federal spending, including foreign aid, one program it ought to spare" is the State Department's funding of Internet and ...

Twenty-one people were killed and approximately 100 more were injured when snipers fired upon passers-by and peaceful protesters demonstrating at Yemen's Change Square. The clashes arose as protesters pressed further into territory held by government forces. The ...

After 44 people were killed on Friday after morning prayers in anti-government protests, 200 dissidents met outside Damascus to unite key opposition figures. The meeting comes two days after Syrian opposition figures formed the Syrian National Council (SNC) to ...

On Friday, a funeral precession held for a man killed by tear gas was attacked by Bahraini security forces.Tens of thousands of people were attending the funeral of Jawad Marhun, who died from overexposure of tear gas on ...

In response to the reinstatement of emergency law, hundreds gathered in Tahrir Square in Egypt to protest the military leader's decision. Protesters in Tahrir are said to be chanting "Down with the Emergency Law! Down with military rule," ...

The protests planned via Facebook for Thursday evening outside the Israeli embassy, which prompted the early departure of the Israeli diplomatic mission in Amman, drew a turnout of 200 mostly young protesters. The discussion of the Palestinian bid for ...

At the funeral of a demonstrator who reportedly suffocated in a cloud of tear gas, Sheik Isa Qassim, a senior cleric in Bahrain, stated that "the regime has designated the section of society asking for rights as enemies ...

The Israeli embassy in Amman was evacuated Wednesday in anticipation of mass protests planned for Thursday outside the mission. Over 3,000 individuals belong to the Facebook group entitled "Million Man March to Close the Israeli Embassy in Jordan," which has ...

In wake of the Egyptian military council's response to the attacks on the Israeli Embassy on September 9th, Human Rights First reported that the renewal of emergency law runs counter to the Egyptian people's demands. "This harsh crackdown that has ...

"Hundreds of thousands" of Yemeni protesters took to the streets throughout the country chanting "No deal. No maneuvering. The president should leave."  The demonstrations came as a response to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's Monday announcement that he had

The United Nations Human Rights Council stated that the death toll in Syria since the March uprising now stands at 2,600. The Human Rights Council has repeatedly called on Mr. Assad to end the crackdown, but the latest increase in ...

State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland issued a press release stating that the "United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of Syrian human rights activist Ghiyath Mattar while in the custody of Syrian Security Forces." Mr. Matter ...

Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are to have "agreed" on steps aimed at ending months of violence in Syria."We have reached agreement on steps to carry out the reforms," al-Arabi said after the talks. ...

After the Israeli embassy in Cairo was attacked on Friday, the military led transitional government said it would impose a renewed emergency law, allowing extra-judicial detentions. Osama Heikal, Egyptian minister of media, said in a statement after a an emergency meeting ...

An editorial in the Washington Post stated that Bahrain needs the U.S.'s attention now more than ever. "While the popular uprisings in Libya, Syria and Yemen have dominated the news in recent months, far less attention has been ...

According to eyewitnesses and opposition supporters, hundreds of thousands of Yemenis flooded the streets of Sanaa and nearly every province on Friday in the ongoing campaign to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Meanwhile, the government said “millions” of the ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad adjured Bashar al-Assad to end his violent response to Syrian unrest and open talks with the opposition. Ahmadinejad stated "a  military solution is never the right solution," and added that "other countries in the ...