CNN Middle East News- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may comeThe Syrian assault on the city of Homs is "a grim harbinger of worse to come" without united pressure on the government in Damascus, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. […]
- Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdownFour straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered. […]
- Syrian regime gets bloody nose from resistanceOne fateful consequence of President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown on Syrian protesters is the emergence of the domestic armed resistance, the Free Syrian Army. […]
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist imageWhen the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well. […]
- No Libya play for the West in SyriaAmid growing outrage over civilian casualties in Syria, there are ever more urgent calls to aid -- or at least protect -- the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. There is renewed talk of creating safe havens and humanitarian corridors inside the country. And those demanding tougher measures are again asking why events in Syria should not prompt Libya […]
- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may come
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Was the Egyptian Revolt deliberately hatched/driven by a foreign agency? – By Samer Nammari
Some people claim that what we are saying today on the streets of Cairo is a plot designed to destabalize Egypt and the whole Middle East in order to create a [singlepic id=478 w=320 h=240 float=right] new order in the Arab world. However, if we look at revolutions across history we can detect a few elements that have much in common with the still-going Egyptian revolt. The most obvious example to be cited is the French Revolution. Bear in mind that revolutions are, in fact, a series of events and changes that occur across social, political and econmic levels over a span of time; what’s happening in Egypt is still a revolt against the government and hasn’t progressed
President Obama’s next challenges
“It’s going to remain a priority for this administration. And obviously, we’re going to work hand in glove with Congress to advance direct negotiations and to [singlepic id=408 w=320 h=240 float=right]ultimately reach a settlement,” Mark Toner said while giving a statement from the U.S State Department regarding the peace process in the Middle East.
The Republicans gained the midterm elections while the Arab world eyes are on the U.S administration that promised to re-launch the peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians after the elections. President Obama’s administration stated that the peace process in the Middle East is still a priority and
The Middle East Mystery…to Where?
Recently Israel has been stating that the Iranian threat must be ended and that it is impossible to live with the idea of having someone like Ahmadi Najad ready to erase Israel from the World map. Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that he will take responsibility and prevent anyone from causing the Jewish people another holocaust.
Secretary Hillary Clinton made several important statements regarding the Iranian threat and the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
