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# arab-spring - Friday 17 May, 2013
Turkey and US demand Assad stand down
The US President and Turkish Prime Minister met in Washington to discuss Syria’s ongoing, bloody conflict.
# arab-spring - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Column: For women giving birth in a war zone, I was more than just a midwife
Tens of thousands have died in the ongoing, bloody conflict in Syria to date – and those who remain live under constant threat of violence. Midwife Cathy Janssens writes about trying to bring new life into the world in such unstable circumstances.
# arab-spring - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Retrial of Egypt’s Mubarak collapses in chaos
The head judge told the court he would send the case to the Court of Appeal, which will then refer the trial to a new circuit, sending the case back to square one.
# arab-spring - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Study finds 26 Irish people have fought in Syria
Researchers in London found that between 2,000 and 5,500 people from other countries have joined the rebel forces to fight against the Assad regime.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Arab world’s richest man calls for parliamentary elections in Saudi Arabia
Al-Waleed bin Talal also said that ending a ban on women driving in the country was a matter of time.
# arab-spring - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Syrian opposition in disarray as leader attempts to resign
But matters were confused by the Syrian National Coalition’s refusal to accept Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib’s resignation earlier today.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Arab League readies to hand Syria seat to opposition
The League called for the opposition National Coalition “to form an executive body to take up Syria’s seat” and attend its summit later this month.
# arab-spring - Saturday 29 December, 2012
IN PICTURES: a year of fighting in Syria
In the midst of the conflict, death and hurt, some rare smiles and moments of joy are captured by some of the world’s bravest photographers.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
Egypt: Disputed constitution signed into law, elections in two months
The referendum on the constitution passed earlier this week with a low turnout doing little to assuage the fears of the opposition.
# arab-spring - Sunday 16 December, 2012
Egyptian referendum: Pro-Constitution side claims narrow win
The Muslim Brotherhood says the Yes vote won 57-43 in yesterday’s votes, but the referendum is not finished yet.
# arab-spring - Saturday 15 December, 2012
Divided Egypt votes on new constitution
International watchdogs have expressed reservations about the draft due to loopholes they say could be used to weaken human rights, including those of women, and the independence of the judiciary.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Obama recognises Syrian rebels as the ‘legitimate’ representative of the country
The US President said Syria’s opposition is the legitimate representative of the country’s people – the most significant US intervention so far in the brutal civil war.
# arab-spring - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Pics: Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters encircle presidential palace
A growing crisis over President Mohamed Morsi’s decree which widened his powers continues as scenes reminiscent of the February 2011 uprising are repeated.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Pics: Clashes as Egyptians take to Tahrir Square in their thousands… again
Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters camped out in the Cairo square this morning as demonstrations against a power grab by President Mohamed Morsi took place across the country.
# arab-spring - Friday 23 November, 2012
Syria state TV journalist shot dead: official media
The official state news agency said that the man was the latest in a string of employees of pro-government media to be killed.
Egyptian president branded ‘new pharaoh’ after assuming new powers
Nationwide protests are expected across the country today as Mohamed Morsi gave himself sweeping new powers yesterday.
# arab-spring - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
Syrian rebels set up independent intelligence service
Members say they will be a security shield over the ‘sons of the revolution’ – but will hunt down abusers on either side.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
France becomes first Western country to recognise new Syria coalition
Francois Hollande said France will only recognise the opposition government as part of a series of steps to end the Bashar al-Assad regime.
# arab-spring - Thursday 18 October, 2012
Egyptian revolutionary: why online activism can work
Wael Ghonim tells Irish audience how he applied digital marketing strategies to Facebook campaign that helped spark uprising in Egypt last year.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
Evidence of mass murder after Gaddafi’s death
A new Human Rights Watch report suggests opposition militias summarily executed at least 66 captured members of Gaddafi’s convoy in the late dictator’s hometown of Sirte.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
Syria: Explosions rock central Aleppo
A number of explosions have rocked a central district in the northern city of Aleppo – with some reports of casualties.
# arab-spring - Monday 1 October, 2012
Bahrain high court upholds verdicts in medics protest trial
The highest court in Bahrain has rejected the final appeal by nine medics against their convictions linked to anti-regime protests last year.
# arab-spring - Monday 24 September, 2012
Frustration and turmoil as world leaders meet for UN general assembly
Syria, Palestine, Iran’s nuclear program and protests generated by an anti-Islamic film will top the agenda.
# arab-spring - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Syria: Air strike kills 30 as over 150 reported dead in nationwide violence
Clashes across the country have continued today as some estimates now put the death toll from the civil war at over 29,000 since early last year.
# arab-spring - Thursday 6 September, 2012
Man who invented web: ‘No, there is no button to kill the internet’
Tim Berners-Lee says there’s no single way to kill the internet – unless governments around the world acted in unison.
# arab-spring - Monday 27 August, 2012
A butcher, a barber and a policeman: meet Syria’s rebels
Butchers, barbers and students are now getting used to guns, tanks and warfare.
# arab-spring - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
US will intervene in Syrian crisis – but only if Assad uses chemical weapons
President Obama says the issue of Syrian WMDs is two-fold, raising fears that chemical or biological weapons may fall into the hands of anti-Israeli extremists.
# arab-spring - Thursday 16 August, 2012
US ‘deeply troubled’ by Bahrain activist jailing
“We believe that all people have a fundamental freedom to participate in civil acts of peaceful disobedience,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
Bahrain activist jailed for three years
Nabeel Rajab was found guilty of taking part in illegal gatherings.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
UN accuses Syria of perpetrating war crimes
The panel also concluded that anti-government armed groups committed war crimes, including murder, extrajudicial killings and torture, but at a lesser frequency and scale.
# arab-spring - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Syrian war: fierce fighting continues in Damascus and Aleppo
Rebels have launched an operation to ‘liberate’ Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. Both sides are claiming territorial gains.
# arab-spring - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law killed in Damascus suicide bombing
A suicide bombing targeted the national security headquarters in central Damascus with Syrian state TV reporting that Defence Minister General Daoud Rajha was also killed.
Liberal alliance ahead in Libya’s first post-Gaddafi elections
The structure of the new interim parliament means that the result is still uncertain as a broadly liberal coalition secured more seats than the Islamist parties.
# arab-spring - Saturday 14 July, 2012
UN lays blame for latest massacre on Syrian regime
More people have died in further violence a day after a massacre in the village of Treimsa left at least 118 people dead.
# arab-spring - Saturday 7 July, 2012
Voting begins in Libya’s first free elections in 50 years
The elections are the first to be held since the ousting of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi but there are fears that violence could disrupt the voting.
# arab-spring - Saturday 30 June, 2012
Annan warns ‘history will judge’ the world’s failure on Syria
The former UN chief has convened a meeting of foreign ministers to try and broker a deal on Syria – but it’s looking unlikely.
# arab-spring - Thursday 21 June, 2012
Egypt: Officials delay announcing election winner
Political tensions have been sent soaring in Egypt as officials postpone declaring the winner of the country’s first new presidential elections in three decades.
# arab-spring - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Egypt: State media reports Hosni Mubarak to be ‘clinically dead’
The State-run MENA says the 84-year-old former President’s heart has “stopped beating” and will not respond to defibrillation.
# arab-spring - Saturday 16 June, 2012
Tánaiste seeks clemency for Bahraini medics
The doctors and nurses were sentenced after being found guilty of aiding an uprising against the Gulf kingdom’s regime.
# arab-spring - Thursday 14 June, 2012
Egypt: Supreme Court’s call for parliament dissolution sparks outcry
Activists accused the military of a ‘soft coup’ after a court decision also paved the way for a former ally of the deposed president Hosni Mubarak to run in the presidential run-off this weekend.
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