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A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows anti-regime youths throwing stones at security forces in the Damascus suburb of Qadam during protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, July 1, 2011. Syrian security forces killed 28 civilians as more than half a million people rallied on Friday for Assad's ouster across the country, a human rights group said on July 2.
Syrian opposition groups set rules for 'transition'
AFP 31 Dec 2011
The Syrian National Council (SNC) opposition group has signed a political agreement with another faction of dissidents...
Relatives of Mohammed Bouazizi, the 26-year-old graduate forced to sell fruit and vegetables to make a living who set himself on fire last month to protest against the seizure of his stand by police, pray on his grave, Sidi Bouzid, January 19, 2011. Bouazizi's suicide prompted a wave of protest against Ben Ali's regime that led to his resignation. Thousands of Tunisians rallied against the inclusion of old regime figures in their new government today, as prosecutors launched an inquiry into the former president's financial assets.
Special from Sidi Bouzid: Some hope in the heart of the Arab Spring
Fadil Aliriza 18 Dec 2011
SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — Many have called Sidi Bouzid the birthplace of the Arab Spring after vegetable seller...
File photo of Mohamed Bouazizi, 26, Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, after police confiscated his vegetable cart. Bouazizi died weeks later of his burns.
Tunisians celebrate revolution anniversary
AFP 17 Dec 2011
Thousands of Tunisians rallied on Saturday in celebration of the first anniversary of the popular uprising that toppled...
Street vendor selling clothes in Cairo
Egypt: Uncertainty is bad for business
Mai Shams El-Din
Global Post
15 Dec 2011
In the tense aftermath of the January 25 revolution and amid the ongoing violence of the Arab Spring, the economic...
A scene from director Mourad Ben Cheikh's documentary "No More Fear"
Arab Spring films revive days of revolt in Egypt and Tunisia
Reuters 13 Dec 2011
The first cinematic output covering protests in Egypt and Tunsia this year recreates the euphoria of revolutions that...
Tunisian opposition leader Moncef Marzouki makes the V-sign before a press conference, Tunis, January 22, 2011. Thousands rallied in Tunisia today after the main trade union called for a new government of
Opposition stalwart Marzouki elected Tunisian president
AFP 13 Dec 2011
Rights activist and former opposition leader Moncef Marzouki on Monday became Tunisia's first elected president...
American soldiers invade Iraqi territories through the American war on Iraq
Arab uprisings also reshape map of US influence
AP 12 Dec 2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — About 18 months before the Egyptian uprising that would doom Hosni Mubarak, a US...
File photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a TV interview on the Syrian state TV, Damascus, 21 August, 2011.
Nobel peace panel says Assad can't evade history
Reuters 10 Dec 2011
Awarding this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the head of the selection panel forecast that Syrian President Bashar al-...
A Yemeni soldier joins an anti-government protest in the capital on July 6, 2011, as they demand the ouster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is currently in Saudi Arabia recovering from injuries sustained during an attack on a mosque in Sanaa.
Yemen unity government sworn in, soldier killed
Reuters 10 Dec 2011
Yemen's new unity government, formed to try and avert civil war, met for the first time on Saturday, hours after a...
File photo of presidential hopeful Amr Moussa
After Arab Spring, Israel should change too, says Moussa
AFP 10 Dec 2011
This year's Arab Spring uprisings should effect the whole region, including Israel, Amr Moussa , the former...