The prospect that Turkish troops might create a safe zone inside Syria has inspired Syrian army defectors, who say that with such protection they would swiftly be able to mount a rebellion and sweep President Bashar al-Assad from power. Although Ankara s
أكد وزير الخارجية الألماني جيدو فيسترفيله في حديث خاص لـ"العربية.نت" على دعم بلاده للمعارضة السورية لإحداث تحول ديمقراطي في البلاد، مش
Afghan prosecutors announced Wednesday that a young rape victim, jailed for adultery after reporting the crime and pushed into marrying her attacker, would have her sentence reduced from twelve to three years. The prosecutor said she would, for now, remai
Crackdown inquiry report says authorities used torture and excessive force against detainees during the unrest in March.
Bahraini security forces used “excessive force” and tortured detainees in its February and March crackdown on Shiite-led protests demanding democratic change, the head of Bahrain’s Independent Commission of Inquiry announced Wednesday. “Failure
تواصلت الاشتباكات لليوم الخامس بين المتظاهرين المصريين الغاضبين وقوات الأمن بالشوارع المؤدية لوزارة الداخلية من ميدان التحرير. ونفت الوزا
Iranian-backed Hezbollah boasted Wednesday that it has succeeded in exposing CIA operatives in Lebanon and urged the government to take immediate measures against the U.S. embassy near Beirut. “Our security... has exposed several American and Israeli p
Despite the economic crisis Egypt has faced since the eruption of the January 25 revolution, print media outlets are currently enjoying a boom and the launch of several independent newspapers bears witness to a new era that wants to do away with official
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denounced European countries that are tightening sanctions on Iran as puppets of a U.S. master and said he was surprised at their moves to isolate Tehran’s central bank. “We have had no relations with Americ
Days of protest in Egypt, ahead of elections expected to produce big wins for the Muslim Brotherhood, have stirred fears in Israel about bilateral ties and the future of the countries' peace treaty. Israel had largely avoided comment o
أثار الإعلان عن الحكومة الليبية الجديدة الكثير من الجدل السياسي والجماهيري بين مؤيد ومعارض، وفي بنغازي تحديدا خرجت مظاهرات تندد باستثناء م
قُتل اليوم تسعة أشخاص برصاص قوات الأمن السوري في أنحاء متفرقة من البلاد، يأتي هذا بعد يوم دام سقط خلاله 33 شخصا بينهم خمسة عسكريين منشقين في و