Intifada update

Intifada update

by News Sources 04.10.2011

Western policymakers shouldn’t accept this Saleh spin U.S. halted record aid deal as Yemen rose up As the Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, cracks down with increasing violence against peaceful protesters, his regime and al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) both repeat the same mantra: political unrest in Yemen is good for al-Qaida. The US [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 04.08.2011

Friday protests erupt in Arab world Protests erupted across much of the Arab world on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, with demonstrators killed in Syria and Yemen while Egyptians staged one of the biggest rallies since President Hosni Mubarak’s fall. Syrian security forces killed 17 pro-democracy demonstrators and two were shot dead in Yemen. [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 04.06.2011

As quiet returns, Syrians ponder the future Syria experienced its first day of political calm in over two weeks on April 3. The tsunami of protest and youth awakening that swept over Syria as part of the earthquake that hit the Arab world over two months ago has profoundly shaken Syrians. So accustomed to being [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 04.04.2011

AFP reports: Yemeni security forces shot dead 17 anti-regime demonstrators and wounded scores more on Monday, on the second day of lethal clashes in Taez, south of the capital, medics said. “The death toll has gone up to 17, in addition to dozens wounded,” said Sadeq al-Shujaa, head of a makeshift field hospital at a [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 03.18.2011

The revolution reaches Damascus Until this week, it appeared that Syria might be immune from the turmoil that has gripped the Middle East. But trouble may now be starting to brew. On March 18, popular demonstrations escalated into the most serious anti-government action during Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s decade-long rule. Security forces opened fire on [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 03.17.2011

Opposition leaders arrested in Bahrain as crackdown grows Bahrain arrested six opposition leaders on Thursday, kept the main hospital surrounded by troops and tanks and imposed a nighttime curfew on the center of its capital as it moved to the next stage of its crackdown on reform-seeking protesters, sending the political opposition into crisis. A [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 03.13.2011

Saudi Arabia’s day of little rage Friday was Saudi Arabia’s “day of rage”, planned for and anticipated for weeks. But, in the event, there wasn’t even a grumble – unless you count the ongoing protests in the eastern province which had been going on for a week. The protests in the east, where the Saudi [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 03.07.2011

Storming Egypt State Security The video speaks for itself. We stormed into the notorious political police main HQ in Cairo after the authorities didn’t dismantle the apparatus. We did it ourselves. The end of the video shows an former Islamist detainee who discovered an electric torture tool explaining how he was tortured on it. Glory [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 03.06.2011

Egypt and Tunisia’s unfinished revolutions It’s been just seven weeks since President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali fled Tunisia, and just over three weeks since Hosni Mubarak was unceremoniously dumped from the presidency by the Egyptian military — but both countries have already unseated their interim prime ministers. Egypt’s Ahmed Shafiq on Wednesday followed last [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 03.04.2011

Demonstrators in Saudi Arabia demand prisoners’ release Demonstrators protested in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on Friday to demand the release of Shiite prisoners they feel are being held unjustly. An outspoken Shiite prayer leader who demonstrators say was arrested last Friday was a focal point of the “day of rage” protest, said Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb, president [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 03.03.2011

Anti-Saleh protests sweep Yemen A growing wave of protests across Yemen is mounting pressure on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to end his 32-year rule Several thousand demonstrators turned out yet again in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday for what are now almost daily rallies against him and denied any links to the US. “The people [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.28.2011

Saudi activists push for political reform Democracy activists in Saudi Arabia say the government is closely monitoring social media to nip in the bud any protests inspired by uprisings that swept Arab countries, toppling leaders in Egypt and Tunisia. Activists have set up Facebook pages calling for protests on March 11 and 20, with more [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.27.2011

The Economist’s index of unrest in the Arab world Tunisian interim PM Ghannouchi resigns over protests Tunisian interim Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi has announced on state TV that he is resigning – a key demand of demonstrators. He was speaking at a news conference in Tunis, after making a lengthy speech defending his record in [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.26.2011

23 killed in Iraq’s ‘Day of Rage’ protests Tens of thousands of Iraqis surged into the streets Friday in at least a dozen demonstrations across the country, storming provincial buildings, forcing local officials to resign, freeing prisoners and otherwise demanding more from a government they only recently had a chance to elect. At least 23 [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.25.2011

Hundreds of thousands protest across Mideast Hundreds of thousands of protesters turned out in cities across the Middle East on Friday to protest the unaccountability of their leaders and express solidarity with the uprising in Libya that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is trying to suppress with force. The worst violence of the day appeared to be [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.19.2011

Gaddafi fights for his future as up to 200 die in Benghazi Libya was approaching a “tipping point” last night as widespread protests against Colonel Gaddafi’s regime were met with increasing violence from security forces. Dozens of protesters were reported killed by sniper fire from security forces in Benghazi, Libya’s second city, yesterday when violence [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.18.2011

View Protests across the Middle East in a larger map Egypt revolution unfinished, Qaradawi tells Tahrir masses Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a leading Egyptian Islamic theologian popularized by Al Jazeera, returned to Cairo today to deliver a stirring but overtly political sermon, calling on Egyptians to preserve national unity as they press for democratic progress. “Don’t let [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.17.2011

Death toll hits 19 in Libya’s “Day of Rage” The death toll in clashes between protesters and security forces in the Libyan cities of Benghazi and al-Baida on Thursday rose to 19 as Muammar Gaddafi ‘s regime sought to overshadow an opposition “Day of Anger” with its own rally in the capital Tripoli. Meanwhile, violent [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.16.2011

Mubarak given up, wants to die in Sharm says Saudi official Egypt’s ousted president has given up and wants to die in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he has been living since a popular uprising ended his rule, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Hosni Mubarak, 82, has suffered from health problems [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.15.2011

Now Iran feels the heat On Monday, as Tehran once again became the scene of clashes between the security forces and demonstrators defying the government’s ban on street rallies, the paradoxical impact of the Arab world’s democratic awakening on Iran became glaringly obvious. External, that is, geopolitical gains, may go hand-in-hand with political losses at [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.14.2011

Iran police fire tear gas at opposition rally in Tehran Iranian police have fired tear gas at opposition demonstrators gathering in central Tehran in support of the protests in Egypt. A BBC producer in the Iranian capital, who was affected by the gas, described central Tehran as “total chaos”. He said “severe clashes” were taking [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.14.2011

Middle East nations scramble to contain unrest To track the growing political movements gaining strength from the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia across North Africa and the Middle East, one would be well advised to get a planner. There were Saturday’s clashes between demonstrators and police in Algeria, now referred to as #feb12 on Twitter, [...]

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