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"Better late than never" is the only thing that could be said about The United States and the EU finally calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
Whether American statesmen will admit it or not, today's announcement by the president is opening a chain of events that is leading to the final demise of the current murderous regime in Damascus.
The rebels are on the move in Libya. Unfortunately, getting answers to the question "where exactly are they moving?" from the American media is not that easy.
As part of the Meedan Translation Series on the Arab Spring, Fayez Sara, a Syrian writer and opposition member, argues that the Arab revolutions will ...
Most policymakers in the West have welcomed Turkey's growing rapprochement with Syria and since the Syrian uprising five months ago, are hoping that Turkey can use its influence to stop the bloodshed.
The passage of Earth to Hell was triggered by a combination of global economic crises, rioting and killing in numerous countries, and the fourth season of Jersey Shore.
It may be a matter of few months, perhaps even less, but Syria's Bashar Assad will not be able to survive in power.
As the Syrian military killed more and more people, all 15 members of the U.N. Security Council for the first time condemned the government's use of force against civilians and its gross violations of human rights.
The Sunday massacre in Hama is a true testament to Assad's will to flex his muscles in the same place where his father flexed his muscles 30 years ago. The only difference is that Hama is no longer alone like it was in the '80s.
The sight of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, and other members of his regime in white prison fatigues, behind bars, in a cage in Cairo is the most significant event in the Arab Spring since his ouster six months ago.
Of all the states in the Middle East, only Israel affords its citizens the full rights of democracy, including free speech. While Arab dictators gun down their own in brutal suppression, Israelis protest fully confident in their safety and freedom.
Bahrain is the face of a US foreign policy not guided by any benign democratic principles, but by opportunism.
News sources indicate that France has agreed to let Qaddafi remain in Libya if he cedes power. Qaddafi's acquiescence notwithstanding, this is the best decision made by the Western powers so far in the Libyan conflict.
It is very important that Egypt should succeed: not only for the 85 million Egyptians (expected to be 100 million by 2025), but also for the entire Arab world (currently at 350 million, expected to reach 590 million by 2050).
At the end of the day, the Egyptian uprising was one of history's most significant nonviolent struggles and that is how history will remember it.
Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right. Carl Schurz, Address at Anti-Imperialistic Conference 1899 I...
