Two months since the release of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report, as the February 14 anniversary approaches Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) delivered remarks on Thursday regarding the critical situation Bahrain faces on the path to reform. ...

Twenty-one members of Congress co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to "express our opposition to the Adminstration's decision to move forward with the sale of a limited number of military items and services to Bahrain.” The members "believe that any such ...

In a report released in mid-December, 2011, the International Crisis Group analyzes the "significant problem" posed by militias in Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. The report recommends that Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) work with local authorities ...

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), the military junta that took power in Egypt after the January revolution, drew ire from the newly-elected parliament yesterday when it issued rules for upcoming presidential elections. The law did ...

The Sunni-backed bloc of parliament, Iraqiya, has announced it will end its boycott and return to parliament. “As a good-will gesture, Iraqiya announces its return to Parliament meetings to create a healthy atmosphere to help the national conference, and to ...

Yesterday, Human Rights First released its report on the human rights situation during Egypt's post-revolution transition, titled "Egypt’s Transition to Democracy One Year On: Recommendations for U.S. Policy". While touching on concerns that Islamist domination of the parliament ...

Yesterday evening, Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad began an assault on the city of Homs that has killed more than 30 people. "There has been a terrifying massacre," reported Rami Abdul-Rahman, director of the British-based Syrian Observatory ...

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, arrived in Israel for a series of close talks with Israeli leaders amid an apparent disagreement as to how the two countries should respond to Iran's nuclear program. During Dempsey's ...

The last convoy of American troops left Iraq Sunday morning, driving across the Iraq-Kuwait border marking the end of the nearly nine year war. The final troops completed a difficult logistical challenge of shutting down hundreds ...

Soldiers stormed a sit-in protest camp outside Egypt's Cabinet building, expelling demonstrators calling for an end to military rule.  The number of injured was at least 99, according to Adel Adawy, assistant to the minister ...

On Monday, tens of thousands of Libyans gathered in Benghazi voicing their frustration with the interim government. The protesters demanded transparency from the Transitional National Council (TNC) calling for leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil  "to make its membership and ...

Approximately 2,000 protesters took to the streets of Tripoli urging militias to relinquish their weapons and retreat to their hometowns. The government has set December 20 as a deadline for the militias to leave, and the local government ...

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, ...

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 ...