The United States has launched a web-based “embassy” in both English and Farsi in what observers have called "a bid to promote dialogue with the Iranian people in the absence of formal diplomatic ties." The ...

On Tuesday, Algeria's national assembly voted to continue the ban on the main Islamist party, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). The vote will maintain the two decade old ban, as parliamentarians debated proposals for a new electoral law. ...

In a speech to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Secretary of States Hillary Clinton called on Islamist parties that appeared to make significant inroads in Egypt's first round of elections last week to "embrace democratic norms ...

Al Jazeera English reported on Tuesday that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) will grant Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri extra powers through a constitutional amendment. Ganzouri stated that the SCAF "would issue a decree within hours to hand him ...

Violence continues to escalate in Yemen, as Yemeni security forces fired upon demonstrators in Taiz, killing one woman and wounding several others. Protests have sprung up across Yemen over a clause in the GCC brokered transition deal granting ...

State Department Spokesman Mark Toner announced that Ambassador Robert Ford will return to Syria. Toner's official statement says that Ford "will continue the work he was doing previously; namely, delivering the United States’ message to the people of Syria; providing ...

Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah has dissolved parliament citing "deteriorating conditions" amid alleged high-level corruption. The decision came less than a week after he named a new prime minister and parliament sessions were put on hold, ...

In his first public appearance since 2008, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to stand by Bashar al-Assad, saying "From the very beginning, we have made it clear that we stand by the (Syrian) regime, a regime of resistance." Nasrallah also ...

At an event sponsored by the Project on Middle East Democracy and the School of Advanced International Studies, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) gave a speech addressing the role of the United States in relation to ongoing unrest in ...

Tunisia's Constituent Assembly will resume its scheduled activities on Tuesday, and choosing the next president is "at the crux of the agenda." A swearing-in ceremony will follow, where the current interim president Foued Mebazaa will be charged with the transmission of power to the ...

Josh Rogin has reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will host a meeting of a "panel made up of outside experts that will advise Clinton ... on the top priorities facing the State Department." Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott will chair the ...

A Bahraini military court has sentenced three athletes to one year in prison for participating in pro-democracy protests, Mohsen al-Alawi, who was in court when the verdicts were read, told Reuters. The athletes include bodybuilder Tareq al-Fursani, ...

Violence has escalated in Syria ahead of another Arab League deadline, leaving 35 people dead. The Arab League threatened further sanctions if Syria did not accept international human rights observers into the country, and gave Syria until Sunday ...

Yemen's prime minister-designate, Mohammed Basindawa is expected to announce the formation of a national unity government, as it "will be formed within the next couple of days, and if they do it today it is even better," Michele Cervone d'Urso, ...

Abdul Moez Ibrahim, the head of the Egyptian supreme election committee, told a news conference on Friday that voter turnout for the first round of elections was 62 percent, and added "it is the highest voter turnout since ...

Fighting between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels in northern Syria has intensified over the past month, as at least 23 people were killed on Saturday. At least 15 are reported dead in the northwestern ...