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US Silent as Bahrain
Acts Just Like Libya

Nicholas Kristof

Mar 17, 2011 1:57 PM CDT

US Silent as Bahrain Acts Just Like Libya

Just because they're allies doesn't make the crackdown right: Nicholas Kristof

(Newser) - Bahrain's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators is getting more and more violent , and the regime is now getting help from another US ally, Saudi Arabia. Where, wonders Nicholas Kristof, is the outrage from American officials? It's easy to condemn the likes of Moammar Gadhafi, but things get pretty quiet when our...

Arab League Backs
No-Fly Zone in Libya

Mar 12, 2011 12:33 PM CST

Arab League Backs No-Fly Zone in Libya

Move could make it easier for UN, US to act

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi just got a little more isolated: The 22-nation Arab League today called on the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, reports the BBC . The bloc presented it as a humanitarian mission as opposed to a military intervention to win over leery members, notes AP . It should...

Saudi Police
Open Fire on
Protesters

Mar 10, 2011 2:32 PM CST

Saudi Police Open Fire on Protesters

One injured, with bigger protests planned tomorrow

(Newser) - Has the wave of Arab unrest finally reached closely watched Saudi Arabia? The AP reports that Saudi police opened fire at a protest in the eastern city of Qatif today. At least one man was injured, and protesters have called for a bigger "day of rage" tomorrow after Friday...

In Revolution,
Dignity Returns
to Arab World

Analysis

Feb 27, 2011 5:09 PM CST

In Revolution, Dignity Returns to Arab World

After decades of repression, Arabs feel liberated, as one

(Newser) - There's blood and chaos in the revolutions wracking the Arab world, but there's also a new dignity and hope rising from the smoldering ashes of years of repression, reports Jeffrey Fleischman in the LA Times. Such feelings were an important part of the pan-Arabism of the 1950s, but decades of...

Syria Still Unscathed
—but True Test Awaits

OPINION

Feb 26, 2011 2:00 PM CST

Syria Still Unscathed —but True Test Awaits

David Ignatius: If Assad delays reforms, he could suffer Mubarak's fate

(Newser) - Syria has reason to be worried about the Arab revolution sweeping its neighbors, writes David Ignatius in the Washington Post . After all, it "has an authoritarian regime dominated by a corrupt Baath Party—a relic of the age of dictators that is being swept away in so many other...