Arab Spring

The Palestinian Media Watch watchdog organization highlighted in a report several recent instances in which Fatah officials blame the US - and in some cases Israel - for weakening the Arab states.

Morsi was sworn in on June 30, 2012. He spent one year in power.

While executions in Saudi Arabia are fairly common, it is rare to sentence someone with the death sentence who committed an act while a child.

Eventually, short-term desperation overwhelms long-term fears of punishment or death.

Bouteflika is one of the last of the old men in the region. He was born in 1937 when Algeria was under French colonial rule.

The world of the Middle East today, the one that Bouteflika chose to step quietly off the stage from, is much different than that world of towering figures like Saddam, Hafiz, Hosni and the others.

President Omar al-Bashir, accused of genocide in Darfur, remains in office as Sudan is rocked by the largest sustained protests in its history.

While repressive Arab regimes have sought to harness the power of the internet—especially after the 2011 Arab Spring—young people have been experimenting with newer forms of digital activism.

The IMF has urged the country to freeze public sector wages and reduce the government’s ballooning deficit