As the violence ensues, arms continue to flow into Syria, both to the opposition and the Bashar Al Assad regime. Officials said violence in Iraq has decreased amid reports that Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) had moved on to helping ...

On Monday, a delegation of U.S. Congressmen met with Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) Chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, as well as other officials and members of parliament (MPs). Arizona Republican Senator John McCain headed ...

Yesterday, the third and final charge leveled against Matar Matar, a former MP and leading member of Al-Wefaq party, for taking part in "unlawful" anti-government activity, was dropped. Matar had been charged with undermining public security by assembling with a group ...

On Monday, the citizens of Misrata city were called to elect the 28 new members of the Misrata local council. Misrata, inhabited by around 300,000 people, is the third largest of the country and suffered one of the most ...

Although he only needed one vote to win, sole presidential candidate Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (pictured above casting his own vote) was one of hundreds who poured into Sanaa to participate in the elections. “We want change. We want a new ...

Hundreds of protestors around the country celebrated Morocco's first year anniversary of its "Arab Spring." Although there are conflicting numbers between journalist reports and security force reports, "the turnout was in sharp contrast to the tens of thousands ...

A Yemeni soldier was reported dead when unidentified gunmen opened fire after an explosion went through a polling station in Aden. Government security forces were deployed to the area in anticipation of mass protests on election day. The Southern ...

Egyptian authorities announced that " 43 civil society workers, including at least 16 Americans, will face trial on Feb. 26 over illegal foreign funding for nongovernmental organizations." There are still Americans taking refuge at the U.S. embassy in Cairo, ...

Amnesty International released a statement drawing attention to the detained activists who are at risk of being maltreated. The statement details the arrests of Amin Jaffar Swar, Mutaher Saeed Taher Ahmed, and Mohammed Makky, who witnesses say, "were beaten with ...

Yesterday, Syrian security forces arrested 14 human rights activists, including iconic blogger Razan Gazzawi, and Mazen Darwish, leader of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression. As a precurser to the arrests Soazig Dollet, Middle East and North Africa researcher for ...

On Friday, Libyans planned celebrations for anniversary of the uprising that led to the overthrow of former leader Muammar Gadhafi, endind his 42 years'regime. The anniversary wend on for several days in the city of Benghazi, where began the upheaval. The revolt spread ...

This week saw hearings by the U.S. Congress on the investigation by Egypt's judiciary into foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations operating in Egypt. On Monday, Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) told the  House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East "our bilateral ...

In a statement released yesterday, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA) denounced the use of force by Bahraini authorities preventing Bahrainis from assembling to commemorate the one-year anniversary of mass demonstrations. The use of tear gas, armored personnel carriers, and ...

Senator John Kerry (D-MA) introduced S.Res.372 today in the Senate: "Recognizing the importance of the United States-Egypt relationship, and urging the Government of Egypt to protect civil liberties and cease intimidation and prosecution of civil society workers and democracy ...

  Protesters attempted to march on Pearl Roundabout in Manama today, the symbolic site where the pro-democratic uprising began on February 14th, 2011. The Pearl Monument used to stand in the center of the roundabout and became the focal point during weeks of ...

Egypt's interim government announced yesterday the repeal of the death sentences against three men for their alleged roles in the October 2004 bombings in the Sinai Peninsula tourist resorts of Taba and Nuweiba and the 2005 bombings at ...

http://youtu.be/pPWH_Zpb760 On the U.S. Senate floor today, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) vowed to continue delaying the chamber's business unless he is granted a vote on his amendment to a highway transportation bill which strips Egypt of foreign aid for 30 ...

The Presidential elections that will complete the power transition of Yemen ending the 33 year long ruling of President Ali Abdhullah Saleh will be held on February 21. The transition was negotiated between Saleh and the Gulf Cooperation Council and signed in November 2011. Critics