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Thursday, 16 Feb, 2012
On Friday, Libya will celebrate the anniversary of the uprising that ended Muamar Qhadhafi’s 42-years of despotic rule. Just how different Libya is today, along with the enormity of the challenges facing the country, was brought into focus by a report this week that several dozen militias in western Libya have joined forces.
It is unclear what the relationship will be between the new militia alliance and the government in Tripoli. Mokhtar Fernana, a brigade leader and reportedly a leadi...
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Thursday, 16 Feb, 2012
Iran-watchers were warned to expect a new announcement regarding its nuclear activities by President Ahmadinejad last weekend, but yesterday’s announcement proved to be nothing more than another gesture for diplomatic and domestic consumption.
The substance of the announcement in a speech by the president was that Iranian scientists and engineers had succeeded in loading fuel into the research reactor at Tehran, using uranium enriched to 20 percent with Iran’s own centrifuges.
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Friday, 10 Feb, 2012
Syrian state television has reported deadly bomb attacks in the city of Aleppo, claiming that the blasts have killed at least 25 people and injured 175 more. Two car bombs repo...
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Thursday, 9 Feb, 2012
The Syrian city of Homs is being steadily pulverized by artillery and rocket fire as the violent crackdown by Bashar Al-Assad’s government intensifies in the face of diplomat...
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Thursday, 2 Feb, 2012
The tragedy in Egypt’s Port Said Stadium exposes the divisions still gripping the country a year after the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak. With the death toll now close t...
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Wednesday, 25 Jan, 2012
Thousands upon thousands of Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo today, to mark the anniversary of the so-called January 25th revolution, which deposed former President Hosni...
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Monday, 23 Jan, 2012
The continuing efforts of Western governments to apply pressure on Iran went a step further yesterday. Foreign ministers from European Union governments meeting in Brussels agr...
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Thursday, 19 Jan, 2012
Observers of Middle East politics should not be too surprised by reports that the Iranian government offered to broker a power-sharing agreement between Syria's government and ...
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Monday, 16 Jan, 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has repeated his plea to the Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, to “stop killing and listen to his people." Speaking in Abu Dhabi on Monday, ...
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Wednesday, 4 Jan, 2012
Intense dispute has surrounded the implementation of an Arab League initiative to end the Syrian crisis since a delegation of Arab League observers arrived in Syria on 26 Decem...
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