BEIRUT — When ordinary Syrians began taking to the streets last March, at first in small numbers to call for greater freedoms and later in the hundreds of thousands to demand the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, they had no idea just how hard it would be or how long it would take. Read full article > >
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A year into uprising, Syrian protesters say they won’t give up
Thousands of Syrians again took to the streets around the country to call for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad as hundreds crossed the border into neighboring Turkey to escape the threatened assault. Read full article > >
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Syria launches assault on town as protests continue
Thousands of Syrians again took to the streets around the country to call for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad as hundreds crossed the border into neighboring Turkey to escape the threatened assault. Read full article > >
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Syria launches assault on town as protests continue
Saudi Arabia is flexing its financial and diplomatic might across the Middle East in a bid to avert the overthrow of any more leaders struggling to calm turbulent republics.
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Saudi Arabia Scrambles to Limit Region’s Upheaval
The leader of Tunisia’s main Islamist movement, Rachid Ghannouchi, returns home from two decades in exile after the overthrow of President Ben Ali.
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Tunisian Islamist leader returns
Thousands of protesters are back in the main square of the Egyptian capital Cairo for the sixth day running to demand the overthrow of President Mubarak.
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Egyptians continue street protests
WASHINGTON — In a rare juxtaposition, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg made an appearance on a protest banner as the good opposing the evil of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia’s recently deposed leader. Ben Ali fled for Saudi Arabia. Outside the Saudi Arabian embassy, this small group of protesters gathered to apply pressure on the country’s government to arrest Ben Ali. They held signs and chanted slogans to the effect of “Stop Terrorists, Arrest Ben Ali.” Zuckerberg’s inclusion appears to symbolize the role of social media in helping the Tunisian people organize themselves for the overthrow of the government. The cover was Photoshopped to include a lipstick kiss on Zuckerberg’s cheek.
A year into uprising, Syrian protesters say they won’t give up
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
