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Bahraini security forces have clashed with thousands of young protesters who tried to flock and rally at the Pearl Roundabout, in the capital of Manama, to mark the one-year anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations. TV footage showed protesters hustling away from Read more
The newly formed international alliance dubbed “Friends of Syria Group” will meet in Tunisia on February 24 to look into ways of helping Syrian opposition and stepping up pressure on the autocratic regime of Bachar Al Assad to halt the Read more
French car maker Renault has opened in Morocco the largest car plant in North Africa. Built over 3 million square meter on the Mediterranean near Northern city of Tangiers, close to Europe, the plant employs about 2,000 local staff to Read more
19 young Americans are among the 43 pro-democracy activists who have been arrested lately by the Egyptian authorities and will be tried for setting up groups without licenses and receiving illegal foreign funding. These Americans are working for National Democratic Read more
The Palestinian Fatah and Hamas movements have reached a preliminary agreement in Qatar on forming an interim unity government that would be led by Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority based in the West Bank. The agreement was Read more
The four men indicted in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri will be tried in absentia, according to the prosecutors of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). The defendants are Lebanese nationals Salim Jamil Ayyash, Mustafa Read more
At least 74 people were killed and 1,000 others injured in a brawl that broke out Wednesday in Egypt between rival groups of soccer fans after a game in the city of Port Said. The riots, the bloodiest since the Read more
Hamas prime minister in the occupied Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniya has started a new regional tour to raise funds to alleviate the ongoing sufferings endured by the Palestinians besieged in the coastal enclave. Mr. Haniya, who has already visited Doha Read more
Political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Khaled Meshal, has paid lately a “historic” visit to Jordan where he conferred with King Abdullah II on bilateral relations, the situation in occupied Palestine, stalled peace talks with Tel Aviv and Read more
The Arab League has suspended its observer mission in Syria amid surging of bloody violence and clashes between pro-democracy protesters and government security forces. The mission was set up to verify Damascus compliance with the league’s peace plan to end Read more