Egypt's National Association for Change (NAC), a broad coalition of pro-democracy groups led by Mohammed ElBaradei, criticised U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson for her comments regarding the Egyptian Army and the mass opposition protests scheduled for June ...

The Bahrain Interior Ministry announced that it had identified members of the February 14 movement who have alleged links to "a string of crimes committed over the last few months." It named 11 arrested suspects as well as ...

The House Armed Services Committee marked up the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2014 fiscal year last week. The bill (H.R. 1960) was reported out of committee with a 59-2 vote and included several provisions relating to ...

Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi is set to present to the country's Shura Council the final draft of his proposed NGO law,  following criticism from rights groups in Egypt that previous drafts brought back  policies  "similar to, if not worse ...

Egypt's top jurists suspended participation today in a government-backed conference to move forward on judicial reform, reigniting a political showdown with the country's judges. Lawmakers in the Muslim Brotherhood dominated Shura Council announced it would reexamine a contentious proposal opposed ...

This weekend saw the end of the nearly two week siege of the foreign and justice ministries by armed militias in Tripoli.  The armed groups had besieged the ministries beginning in late April demanding the passage of a ...

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would significantly increase the U.S.'s involvement in the Syrian conflict. The Syria Stabilization Act of 2013 has five components: the authority to provide weapons, training, and non-lethal supplies to ...

Compromise on a contentious draft law that would have forced nearly a quarter of Egypt's judges into retirement has been reached between the judiciary and the president's office. A crisis over the proposed law

On Sunday, men armed with AK-47s, sniper rifles and anti-aircraft guns blocked roads around the Libyan Foreign Ministry. They surrounded the building and called for passage of a political isolation law that would ban officials who had served under the ...

Leaders of Egypt's largest political opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, have called for fresh demonstrations against the government of President Mohamed Morsi over a draft law to reform the judiciary. The proposed law, drafted by President Morsi's ...

Mohamed El Baradei, a leading Egyptian opposition figure, said Monday he was willing to end the opposition's boycott in holding talks with President Mohamed Morsi and would negotiate a settlement to the political crisis if three conditions were met. ...

Egyptian prosecutors summoned opposition figures for questioning over Friday's violent protests. The investigation followed President Mohamed Morsi's speech on Sunday in which he vowed to hold accountable anyone found to have incited the violence. The summons is

Kuwait's parliament unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday to grant citizenship to up to 4000 foreigners. MPs called on the government to use the bill, which must be signed by the emir to become law, to address the ...

Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) previewed legislation Sunday to allow President Obama to arm the Syrian opposition. Indicating last month that he would introduce such a bill, Engel wrote in a statement Monday, "We know who they are. And ...

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) submitted an amendment to H.R. 933 placing conditions on two forms of U.S. assistance to Egypt unless the country adopts economic reforms and human rights safeguards. The amendment will also begin a comprehensive, long-term reevaluation of ...

Hoping to avoid a delay in upcoming elections for Egypt's lower house, a parliamentary panel decided Monday to begin drafting a new election law. After an administrative court ruled last week that parliament failed to submit ...

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke to the Senate this week on his recent trip to Bahrain. He emphasized Bahrain's status as a close ally of the United States and expressed hope that the Government of Bahrain will abide by the ...