Maryam al-Khawaja, acting president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, wrote an article criticizing the Bahraini regime's characterization of the opposition as a Shia monolith. Al-Khawaja says that protesters have been representative of all Bahraini demographics since the early ...

The cease-fire which went into effect at 0600 hours on October 26 broke down within four hours of its implementation. Rebels accused the Syrian Army of attacking first, but both sides exchanged gunfire in multiple cities. ...

Following a call by Mauritania and Algeria for dialogue, the State Department confirmed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Algeria next week to address concerns over the crisis in Mali. In Washington, the Senate Intelligence Committee 

After Kuwait witnessed large scale protests last weekend, Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed called on citizens to remain unified. "If Kuwait is lost, we too are lost, but if it remains, we remain with it. Kuwait should ...

The arrival of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani was welcomed by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh who thanked the Emir for his visit saying, “Today you have officially broken the unjust siege imposed on the Gaza Strip by ...

PEN International, an organization of writers working to promote literature and defend freedom of expression, released a statement on October 25 calling for the government of Bahrain to implement recommendations from the U.N. Human Rights Council, along with those ...

March 14 members rallied in the Ashrafieh neighborhood of Beirut to protest the bombing assassination of General Wissam al-Hassan. The group issued a statement saying, “The fall of Hassan is the ultimate proof of the fall of the Lebanese state and its ...

U.S. Vice Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff Admiral James Winnefeld visited Turkey to discuss proving assistance to help combat the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone said the U.S. is sharing tactics that ...

According to reports, the Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the holiday of Eid al-Adha. U.N. Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi told reporters in Cairo that most opposition factions had also said they would observe the truce, ...

Egypt’s Higher Court declined to rule on the legality of the drafting committee of Egypt’s Constitution Tuesday, sending the decision to the supreme constitutional court. Opposition leaders rejected an invitation from President Mohammed Morsi ...

"Progress on human rights in Tunisia that followed the ousting of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is being rolled back by the current Tunisian Government," according to an Amnesty International press release issued on the one-year anniversary of Tunisia's first ...

U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Keeping Operations, Herve Ladsous, confirmed that plans are underway regarding a peacekeeping force to Syria, should the regime and the opposition agree to a cease-fire. The final decision will be contingent upon the U.N.-Arab ...

Last night's foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney focused on numerous Middle East foreign policy issues, including Libya, Syria, Israel, Iran, and the U.S. approach to the Arab Spring. Both contenders agreed ...

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton warned of a political vacuum in Lebanon as opposition members called for the resignation of Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati, who they claim is too close to Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah. ...

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 ...

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is planning to visit the Gaza Strip on October 23 as part of a major investment project in the Palestinian territory. "The blockage of construction materials and equipment for reconstruction projects in Gaza has been completely lifted. ...

Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the grounds of the Libyan parliament in Tripoli to protest the siege of Bani Walid, a stronghold of former Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi.  "We are here to demand the government find a peaceful solution for ...

Thousands of Kuwaiti Islamist and nationalist opposition members took to the streets of Kuwait City on October 21 to protest the decision by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah to amend the electoral law, a move protesters call "a coup ...

Stephen McInerney, Executive Director of the Project on Middle East Democracy, wrote a recent article in the Huffington Post encouraging the "United States to embrace the historic changes in the by taking action to support democratic transitions ...

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 ...