An Egyptian court issued an order on Saturday to block access to YouTube for one month for hosting an anti-Islam film called "Innocence of Muslims." According to Judge Hassouna Tawfiq, the website "insisted on broadcasting the film insulting Islam ...

Police used tear gas and stun grenades in Manama yesterday to break up protests organized by Shi'ite opposition groups. The Interior Ministry had previously refused to give permission for the demonstration, claiming it was illegal and promising punishment for ...

The Syrian National Coalition began meetings in Istanbul on Saturday in their second attempt to establish a transitional government in rebel-held parts of Syria. Agreement within the group could assuage international fears that Assad's fall could deepen sectarian ...

Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL) won the ranking member spot on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa in an unexpected maneuver on Tuesday. Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA), the third ranking Democrat on the committee, ...

An Egyptian court ordered a retrial for former president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib al-Adly,  who are serving life sentences for their roles in the killings of protesters in the 2011 revolution. Mubarak will also be

U.S. Homeland Security undersecretary Rand Beers was in Yemen this week discussing security, trade, and immigration issues. In a statement released Tuesday Beers said, "The United States has a profound interest in advancing Yemen's security and prosperity," and that "By enhancing ...

Photo Credit: AP In continuing political turmoil facing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, Sunni and Kurdish ministers boycotted a cabinet meeting Tuesday in support of protesters in Sunni-dominated provinces.  The boycott comes at a time of heightened ...

A series of suspected drone strikes underscored a tense week in Yemen as various factions threatened to pull out of the upcoming National Dialogue and three kidnapped European tourists remained in captivity. ...

Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi signed an executive order enacting Egypt’s new constitution on December 25. The referendum vote still remains under dispute however, as the National Council for Human Rights reported 1,073 complaints from civil society ...

Following a stroke last week, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s questionable health led to uncertainty about Iraq’s future. Peter Galbraith addressed these concerns in an opinion piece in Foreign Policy, noting that Iraq currently lacks a successor that could wield ...

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah proclaimed earlier this week, “Anyone who thinks that the armed opposition is capable of the military battle is very mistaken,’” referring to the conflict in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin on the ...

The Carnegie Endowment released a new paper written by Paul Salem, titled "Can Lebanon Survive the Syrian Crisis?" The paper addresses the current political climate in Lebanon, and how the Syrian crisis has affected the situation on the ...

A bomb exploded in Tel Aviv on Wednesday near Israel's military headquarters, wounding 10 people. Police believe the device was left on a bus that was driving past the military headquarters, but denied reports of a suicide attack. ...

Syrian opposition leaders will be meeting in Qatar next week to revamp the structure of the Syrian National Council (SNC). The meeting will focus on the election of new leaders and ensuring the body is more representative of minority opposition ...

A week after the first ever U.S.-Algeria Strategic Dialogue took place, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travelled to Algeria with State Department officials to discuss how best to strengthen the U.S.-Algerian relationship amid concerns over the situation in Mali. “Algeria’s ...

On 21 October, the Bahraini Government announced the arrest of seven individuals alleged to have been linked to the recent bombing attack which killed 19 year-old police officer Imran Mohammed Ahmed, and wounded one other. According to the ...

On October 19, a car bomb, believed to have targeted Lebanese Security Chief Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, exploded in Beirut  killing him and at least 6 others. Deemed an act of terror, Syria has been implicated in the attack after ...

The American Enterprise Institute (A.E.I.) released a graph along with cited sources, illustrating the number of injuries and casualties sustained in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen since the start of the Arab Spring. The chart is ...