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Son of Bahrain’s top opposition figure, who has been in jail in since 2011, has called on authorities to provide medical care to his sick and frail 70-year old father. Ali Mushaima, also an activist is staging protest outside the Read more
A group of prominent figures in the Egyptian opposition Sunday called on the nation to stay away from March presidential election arguing that the process has lost credibility after potential challengers to AbdelFattah al-Sisi backed out. The opposition figures in Read more
The Kuwaiti appeal court Monday handed opposition figures, including leader Musallam al-Barrak, jail terms ranging from one to nine years for storming the National Assembly six years ago. Barrak, a former MP, just completed in April a two-year prison term Read more
Saudi Arabia will host a meeting bringing together leaders of the Syrian opposition with a view to unifying ranks ahead of the direct negotiations in Geneva under the auspices of the UN. The meeting scheduled on November 22-24 will take Read more
Syrian rebel factions, excluding ISIS and Al Nusra Front linked to al-Qaeda, both blacklisted by the U.N. as terrorist organizations, will be meeting in Saudi Arabia on December 15 to unify their efforts ahead of the next Vienna meeting scheduled Read more
Netanyahu will continue to be Israel’s Prime Minister after his Likud party defied opinion polls to win the elections but will need to join hands with other parties to form a coalition government. Opposition leader Isaac Herzog came out second Read more
In 2011, a military-led tribunal in Bahrain handed down jail sentences against 20 opposition figures. Amongst them eight opposition members, including activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja who led a hunger strike that lasted 110 days, were sentenced to life imprisonment while the Read more
Former foreign minister, Tzipi Livini announced on Tuesday her return to the Israeli political arena. After six months of intense reflex ion, she decided to create a new party “The Movement”. In the speech she made at the journalist’s Union Read more
As the Syrian authorities continue to defy the international community call to end bloodshed and killing of pro-democracy protesters, a hot debate is ragging in Washington over whether should the U.S. administration arm Syrian opposition or back off ?. Over Read more