Seventeen-Year-Old Protester Shot
This raw footage posted by The Associated Press Thursday, shows the shooting of Mohamed Attef, a 17-year-old protesting in the city of Suez. He later died. Video is graphic.
View ArticleEgypt's Prime Minister Speaks Out
On State of the Union Sunday, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq was not very forthcoming when asked about violence against journalists and human rights activists. Perhaps it was the poor satellite...
View ArticleSuleiman: Mubarak Steps Down
Vice President Omar Suleiman announced on Friday that Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt and will transfer power to the military.
View ArticleEgypt's Military Vows To Honor Legislature
Following Hosni Mubarak's resignation as president, a spokesman for Egypt's higher military council said that the council is deciding what measures will be taken in this new Egypt. He stressed that...
View ArticleObama: People of Egypt Have Spoken
President Obama stressed that this was only the beginning of Egypt's transition into true democracy, before lauding the people of Egypt for their peaceful means of bringing about change.
View ArticleDictators' Retreats
The day before he officially stepped down as Egypt's president after nearly three weeks of protests, Mubarak made a run for Sharm el-Sheikh, a glitzy city on the tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Situated on...
View ArticleBahrain Riots
Bahraini protesters chant slogans at the Pearl roundabout soon after the military and police pulled out in Manama, Bahrain on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011.
View ArticleViolence Erupts in Bahrain
This chilling video featured on The Lede blog seems to show Bahraini protesters, chanting "peaceful, peaceful," gunned down by soldiers in Manama on Friday. Warning: Video is graphic and shows the...
View ArticleTransition to Mideast Democracy Is Tricky
In an exclusive interview with Christiane Amanpour on This Week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed that the violence against peaceful protesters in Bahrain must end now. She warned that...
View ArticleQaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War
In a televised state address Sunday, Saif Qaddafi called on Libyans to work to create a new regime and avoid civil war at all costs. He also, however, vowed to fight and accused the international media...
View ArticleStars Who Hang With Dictators
With Libya unrest growing, the singer tweeted that she will donate the $1 million Col. Muammar Gaddafi gave her for a private concert in Italy: "In 2007, I received 1million$ from the Qaddafi clan to...
View ArticleReporter Dodges Bullets in Libya
That was a close call. On Hardball Wednesday, NBC foreign correspondent Richard Engel talked about coming under fire when reporting on the Libyan rebel forces in Benghazi.
View ArticleLibyan Woman Dragged Away
Horrifying video from Libya: A woman enters the hotel housing the foreign press in Tripoli and yells that Gaddafi's soldiers raped her. She is then dragged away. Clip above, click for Al Jazeera report.
View ArticleSyria: 120 Police Killed
Syrian state TV reported 120 police officers dead in an ambush by "armed groups" on Monday, after a weekend of a heavy government crackdown on protests in the country's northwest region. Syrian reports...
View ArticleSyria Prepares Huge Retaliation
The Syrian government has said it will act "with force" to restore control in the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour, where it said 120 security forces were killed Monday. The source of the violence is...
View ArticleNATO Hits Gaddafi Compound: Report
The relentless NATO attack on Libya continues, with "intensive continuous bombardment" of locations in Tripoli, according to Libyan State TV, which said bombs targeted Muammar Gaddafi's massive Bab...
View ArticleObama, Merkel Put on Unified Front
Despite several key areas of disagreement, President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were collegial during a press conference in the White House's East Room Tuesday. They papered over...
View Article'Gay Girl in Damascus' Missing
Amina Arraf-who blogs under the name Amina Abdallah on the prominent "Gay Girl in Damascus" blog-has gone missing, allegedly abducted from the streets in Syria. Abdallah, an English teacher who holds...
View ArticleNATO Bombs Destroy Gaddafi's Compound
NATO dropped more than 60 bombs on Tripoli Tuesday, destroying much of Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi's compound. Libyan officials said 31 were killed in the bombing and dozens more were injured,...
View ArticleSyria's 'Gay Girl' Blogger Still Missing
Syrian blogger Amina Arraf, who wrote the blog A Gay Girl in Damascus, is still missing after she was seen Tuesday morning being bundled into a car by three armed men in central Damascus. A dual...
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