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Special from Syria: Mass raids follow weekend of brutality

A video grab released by AFPTV from YouTube on April 25, 2011 shows a Syrian anti-government protester injured during demonstrations which took place across Syria on April 22 and 23, 2011.
25 Apr 2011
Damascus -- Syrian authorities raided scores of homes on Sunday, arresting dozens of political dissidents in an apparent attempt to dismantle the leadership of the pro-democracy movement sweeping the nation. Although the figures remain...
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Special from Syria: Demonstrators poised to continue in wake of bloodiest day

23 Apr 2011
Damascus -- A strong military presence remained in place around Damascus on Saturday in the wake of the country’s bloodiest day in five weeks of growing unrest. Large turnouts are expected to mourn the scores of victims, which...
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Special from Libya: Rebels flood the front lines, continue appeals for weapons

Rebel fighters in Ajdabiyah, Libya
21 Apr 2011
Ajdabiyah -- Ajdabiyah is a ghost town. Shattered windows mark the facades of vacant houses and burned out tanks line the city’s streets. Evidence of heavy gunfire exchange is everywhere. On the way to the western gate, a white flag...
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Special from Syria: Continued unrest fuels speculation of leadership change

19 Apr 2011
Damascus -- Despite much talk about Syria’s immunity to change, the path of events in the Arab nation now beset by widespread unrest differs little from the revolts in Tunisia or Egypt, experts say. It remains to be seen whether...
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Special from Yemen: Female demonstrators lash out at defamation campaign

Anti-government Yemenis demonstrate,Sanaa, March 11, 2011 as President Ali Abdullah Saleh bowed to pressure after a month of violent protests, but his pledge to devolve power to parliament was swiftly rejected as too late by the opposition.
19 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Yemeni women activists are responding combatively to the media war waged by state outlets this week aimed at denouncing female participation in protests sweeping the nation. Sparking the row, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on...
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Special from Yemen: Tribal sheikhs expel Al-Qaeda from their land

Men claiming to be Al-Qaeda members address a crowd in Yemen's southern province of Abyan in December 2009. The US and British embassies in Yemen closed amid threats from a local branch of Al-Qaeda, after Washington and Britain vowed to help the impoverished country in its fight against extremism.
15 Apr 2011
Sanaa--A coalition of tribal sheikhs has succeeded in preventing the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) from taking over its districts. The coalition accused the government of encouraging Al-Qaeda to spread its operations...
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Special from Libyan border: Refugee crisis escalates as Libyan violence shows no sign of relenting

Refugees gathering at Solloum border crossing
13 Apr 2011
Salloum/Marsa Matrouh -- A long line of trucks loaded with supplies and humanitarian aid waits by the Egyptian border with Libya, each vehicle inspected in turn by the Egyptian border control agency. Libyan men by the dozen stand idly by...
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Rights group denounces Iraqi suppression of popular dissent

12 Apr 2011
Fueled by unrest sweeping the Arab World, tens of thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets in recent months to demand political reform and denounce both corruption and inadequate social service provisions. But, according to an in-...
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Special from Israel: Gaza poised to escalate Egyptian-Israeli tensions in post-Mubarak era

Machinery on the Egyptian side of Rafah in the border area between Egypt and Gaza strip work to construct underground wall to block Gaza tunnels
11 Apr 2011
Jaffa, Israel -- Only hours after widespread unrest forced the abdication of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in mid-February, Hamas leaders in Gaza sensed the beginning of a new era. “Soon Egypt will regain its rightful position in...
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Special from Yemen: With parties poised to enter mediation talks, govt conveys conflicting stance

General picture taken at the opening of a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign ministers focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, March 7, 2011, Abu Dhabi. The six Gulf Arab states appealed to the UN Security Council to protect civilians in Libya as violence raged in the North African country, the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister said.
08 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Despite President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s Wednesday endorsement of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) mediation into the nearly three-month-long Yemeni political crisis, no affirmative stance has yet to take root within the high...
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