On Tuesday (10/2), the Wilson Center hosted two panel discussion in their series entitled; "Women after the Arab Awakening." The first panel, "Today's View from the Ground", featured Dalia Ziada, Executive Director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies ...

State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland explained that due to concern from Congress over the recently-announced $450 million of assistance pledged to Egypt, the State Department is "going to have to work with the Congress in the coming days ...

Fifteen former political prisoners from the Ben Ali era have stationed themselves at a Tunisian border crossing and threaten to enter Algeria by force if their demands to be compensated are not met. The group seeks remuneration from ...

Habib Khedher, the committee head in charge of drafting Tunisia's new constitution, announced that the document will not be ready until February 2013, four months later than the October 2012 date promised by the government until now. A ...

Iran hosted representatives from 30 countries in Tehran Thursday to discuss a way forward in Syria, one which the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said must be based on "serious and comprehensive dialogue." Those in attendance included Russia, China, ...

Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party introduced legislation this week that would punish blasphemy by up to two years in prison for first time offenses and by up to four years for repeat offenders. Subjects covered under the proposed law ...

Photo Credit: Reuters Saudi Arabian security forces opened fire on Shia protesters demonstrating Friday in city of Qatif in the latest round of unrest in the kingdom's Eastern Province. The shots injured  several of the hundreds marching in ...

Iranian authorities arrested Mahmoud Bagheri Monday to serve out a suspended jail sentence in connection with his criticisms of the government as a leader in the Iranian Teachers Union. In a letter to Ayatollah Larijani, the Teachers Union called for Bagheri ...

Government crackdowns in Bahrain are intensifying this week with increased police checkpoints and house raids. Said Yousif of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights compared the heightened police presence to an imposition of martial law. Jen Marlow, the American filmmaker who was ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Sunday that Iran is willing to "facilitate the ground for talks between the Syrian opposition and the government," according to reports. Salehi noted that the Syrian issue is very sensitive and could affect regional ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated her calls for consensus building in Egypt to work towards a full transition during her meeting with President Mohammed Morsi Saturday in Cairo. Clinton is in Egypt for a two day visit to meet with ...

A funeral service for a man killed in Sunday's demonstrations attracted thousands of mourners in Saudi Arabia's predominantly Shia Eastern Province. Mohamed al-Felfel died Sunday after being shot by police at a rally protesting the arrest and injury of prominent ...

The National Forces Alliance (NFA), a relatively liberal group, holds the lead among parties in Libya's historic first election since 1964, according to counts that put them comfortably ahead in Tripoli and Benghazi. With around 60% voter turnout, ...

The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs called  on Islamic states and the international community to intervene in Mali to protect the mausoleums of Muslim saints currently being destroyed by militant Islamists in Timbuktu. Citing "the seriousness of the ...

On Thursday, government spokesman Nasser Al-Manaa announced that the 60 day deadline for the prospective committee drafting a constitution will be doubled to 120 days. The constitutional committee will be created following Libya's elections on July 7, and was originally ...

Bahraini opposition members clashed with police during a protest march Friday, injuring Sheik Ali Salman, the leader of al-Wefaq, Bahrain's largest opposition party. Riot police reportedly used tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets on the crowd of about ...