DAMASCUS (AFP) Syria on Monday rejected an Arab League plan for President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to his deputy, calling the initiative a “flagrant…
CAIRO (AFP) Egypt’s lower house of parliament on Monday holds its first session since a popular uprising ousted veteran president Hosni Mubarak, with Islamists dominating the…
by Ibrahim al-Majbari – BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) More photos » Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said Sunday the nation would fall into a “civil war” if…
West urged to accept rising Islamist political power in Arab world Los Angeles Times REPORTING FROM CAIRO — Human Rights Watch has urged the West to…
More photos » by Mona Salem – CAIRO (AFP) Egypt’s Islamists led by the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood clinched more than two thirds of seats in parliament…
News American Forces Press Service By Jason Tudor George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, Jan. 20, 2012 – The potential rippling effects…
Arab League under Arab Spring fire Ahram Online The Arab League’s effectiveness has been in question for decades. But the real test of the pan-Arab…
By the Monitor’s Editorial Board | Christian Science Monitor – Fri, Jan 20, 2012 One year ago on Jan. 25, Egypt began a popular uprising that,…