In Focus | Unrest in Middle East
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Friday May 25
Thousands gather for anti-Al Assad protests in Syria
Activists say Syrian forces are shelling opposition strongholds as thousands gather across the country in weekly anti-government protests. There was no immediate word on casualties
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Friday May 25
Egypt vote: Brotherhood advances to second round
The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a run-off election, according to partial results Friday
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Wednesday May 23
Bahrain court postpones hunger strikers’ trial
Defendants to receive full medical care during court appearance
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Tuesday May 22
Egypt: five police sentenced for killing protesters
An Egyptian court has sentenced five policemen to 10 years in prison in absentia for killing protesters during last year's uprising
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Tuesday May 22
After bombing, sombre Yemen marks National Day
Yemeni leaders led a somber ceremony Tuesday to mark the country's national day, scaling back the celebrations
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Monday May 21
Suicide bombing kills at least 96 soldiers in Yemen
Suicide bomber blew himself up at military parade rehearsal Monday in Yemen's capital
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Friday May 18
Protesters in biggest rally seen in Aleppo since uprising began
Protesters took to the streets on Friday for the biggest demonstration in the Syrian city of Aleppo since the uprising
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Friday May 18
Syrian activist sentenced to death, rights group says
Syrian authorities have sentenced to death for "treason" an activist who was arrested in April and "brutally tortured," a Syrian human rights group said on Friday
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Friday May 18
UN leader says Al Qaida in Syria
UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he believes Al Qaida committed a major bomb attack in Damascus that left dozens dead, and that up to 10,000 people have now been killed in Syria
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Thursday May 17
Syria shells rebel bastion, Al Assad hits out at 'criminals'
Syrian forces sent shells crashing into rebel stronghold Rastan on Thursday, a watchdog said
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Wednesday May 16
Army executes 15 civilians, rights group says
Fifteen civilians 'summarily executed' in Homs in Syria army's new wave of raids
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Wednesday May 16
US helping to supply Syrian rebels — report
Syrian rebels are beginning to get more and better weapons paid for by Arabian Gulf nations and coordinated partly by the US, the Washington Post reported
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Tuesday May 15
Burhan Galioun elected as Opposition leader in Syria
Burhan Galioun elected chief of Syrian opposition coalition
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Tuesday May 15
More than 50 per cent turnout in Syrian vote: election official
Voter turnout in legislative elections in Syria stands at 51.26 percent, an official said on Tuesday
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Tuesday May 15
At least 32 killed in new Yemen offensive on militants
At least 32, including 23 Al Qaida-linked militants were killed in Yemen, residents said Tuesday
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Tuesday May 15
Doctors, patients in Syria fear arrest, torture: MSF
People wounded in the crackdown on dissent in Syria, as well as medical personnel trying to treat them, risk arrest and even torture, the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said Tuesday
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Tuesday May 15
Five killed in Syria violence: monitors
A huge blast ripped through the Syrian coastal city of Banias during the night, killing four people, while a six-year-old girl died in Damascus province, a monitoring group said on Tuesday
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Tuesday May 15
Syrian unrest spills into Lebanon for third day
Firing assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Lebanese gunmen have clashed in street battles as sectarian tensions linked to the 14-month-old uprising in Syria bled across the border for a third day
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Saturday May 12
Syria refuses to submit torture report to UN
Syria's authorities have refused to submit a report on torture in the country to a United Nations committee scheduled to discuss the situation there next week, its secretary said on Friday
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Saturday May 12
Brotherhood rises from the ashes
Islamist group annihilated by Hafez Al Assad leads opposition against his son
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Saturday May 12
Opposition groups plan for post Al Assad-era
Citizens complain that political parties are more fixated on grabbing plum appointments than forging a united front
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Saturday May 12
Five hurt as troops fire on protesters in Damascus
Thousands take part in demonstrations
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Saturday May 12
EU to slap fresh sanctions on Syria
Widespread protests against twin bombings
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Saturday May 12
Confusion reigns in chaotic transition
Nation left frustrated and bewildered as preparations for presidential election continue
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Saturday May 12
Tunisia at the crossroads in constitutional debate
There are serious divisions about the role religion should play
Unrest in the Region in pictures
Debates: Democracy in the Arab world
Opinion
- The new pan-Arabism
- 'Youth of change' key to Yemen's future
- Al Assad regime must act before it's too late
- The five cardinal rules of Arab Revolution 2011
- Spirited Libya rebels are low on strategy
- Yemenis turn the page on Saleh
- Strategies for survival
- High stakes for US in Syria
- Arab women take centre stage
- UN fails to agree on condemning Syria
- Hijacking the Arab revolution
- Who fears Arab revolutionaries?
- Protests expose fragility of Arab state
- It's cool to be Arab again
- Our region is in grave danger
