Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has made statements about working toward an end to the violence in Syria after visit to Damascus, saying "President Bashar al-Assad is committed to ending all violence in his country." Despite Russia's veto of the ...

Last week, in the northeastern city of Taza, local media reported clashes between demonstrators and security forces. The tensions started on January the 4th, when students organized protests to claim social and economic grievances. However, the demonstrations turned into clashes. On Wedensday, February 1st, ...

Egypt announced it is prosecuting 43 people, including 19 Americans, in criminal court on charges of illegal foreign funding. The government has accused the NGOs of providing funds to opposition protestors, and despite a promise that equipment would ...

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights released an update about the health of the activists and prisoners who are now approaching their sixth day of the hunger strike. Human Rights Defender AbdulHadi Al Khawaja was hospitalized on the second day ...

On the day citizens were commemorating the  1982 Hama massacre, Assad's forces cracked down on the city of Homs, killing an estimated 220 people and injuring hundreds more. The forces shelled the residential areas of the city with tanks, ...

On Wednesday night, a soccer match between the local Port Said team and the Cairo-based Ahly erupted in violence; 74 rioters were killed and hundreds injured in the fighting. Egypt's parliament convened an emergency session on Thursday to discuss the ...

Some diplomats reported that progress was made at the United Nations Security Council (U.N.S.C.) meeting that reviewed a draft resolution to resolve the Syria crisis. The British envoy Mark Lyall Grant, though cognizant that there is still work that needs ...

Hundreds of angry tribesmen burned down a tent that was serving as the campaign headquarters for Mohammed Al Juwaihel, a current candidate for Kuwait's parliament elections this week. Reportedly, "Al Juwaihel criticised a candidate from the Mutairi tribe, a 100,000-strong ...

The Syrian military launched an offensive attack in the surrounding suburbs of Damascus to attempt to regain control. Five civilians were killed on Sunday, raising the death toll to 17 in this most recent attack, and sending many ...

There is a new resolution being discussed in the U.N. Security Council that "calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy and says additional measures would be taken if he doesn't comply within 15 days." ...

      On Friday, Bahraini police forces denied the opposition claims that they were responsible for the death of  a protester.  Mohammed Ibrahim Yacoub was one of four anti-government protesters who died on Thursday reported by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Yacoub was arrested ...

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 ...

Four activists have died in the past 24 hours in Bahrain. Hajj Ali Al-Sukari and Abbas Sheikh both died from inhaling tear gas that was fired by Saudi-backed forces during anti-regime rallies. According to the report released by Amnesty International, the ...

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and in cities across Egypt today to commemorate the first anniversary of the uprising which overthrew former President Hosni Mubarak. Activists began to fill Tahrir as early as ...

Several people were wounded as "violence flared up in Bahrain in the wake of a leading Shia cleric's call to 'crush' police.'" In his sermon Sheikh Isa Qassim said, "whoever you see abusing a woman, crush him," which spurred some youth ...

Despite the final departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh from Yemen, protestors are still angry and are voicing their frustration over the immunity law. The anger has built up due to a slow-regime change and lack of consequences despite not ...