Arab Spring

In 2019, Mideast economic troubles loom as wars wind down
Economy

In 2019, Mideast economic troubles loom as wars wind down

  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As the Middle East ushers in 2019, the decade’s ruinous conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya…
Bahrain to hold run-off vote for parliament on December 1
Middle East

Bahrain to hold run-off vote for parliament on December 1

DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain will hold a second round of voting for 31 of 40 seats in parliament next week,…
Woman blows herself up in Tunis, wounding 15 people including 10 police officers
Middle East

Woman blows herself up in Tunis, wounding 15 people including 10 police officers

TUNIS (Reuters) – A woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital on Monday, wounding 15 people…
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south
Middle East

Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south

REMADA, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern…
No role for the Muslim Brotherhood as long as I am in power: President Sisi
Egypt

No role for the Muslim Brotherhood as long as I am in power: President Sisi

  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group would have no power in Egypt during…
Rights group urges Libya not to carry out executions
Middle East

Rights group urges Libya not to carry out executions

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A human rights group is urging Libyan authorities to maintain a de facto moratorium on executions…
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
Middle East

Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia

Simon Slama and his family are the only Jews left in the Tunisian city of Monastir, once home to a…
Bahrain arrests 116 on charges of terrorism, Iran collusion
Middle East

Bahrain arrests 116 on charges of terrorism, Iran collusion

Bahrain authorities have busted a network “formed and supported by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard,” the official BNA agency reported on…
Tunisian FM: ‘We are not yet a democracy’
Middle East

Tunisian FM: ‘We are not yet a democracy’

Is Tunisia, the only democracy to emerge from the Arab Spring, slipping back into repression and chaos? Tim Sebastian meets…
Violent protests resume in Tunisia after two days of calm
Middle East

Violent protests resume in Tunisia after two days of calm

Violent protests erupted again on Sunday in two areas of the capital Tunis and another town after a relatively calm…
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