arab countries politics

by Ahmed Janabi Tunisia has been roiled by protests after an opposition politician was shot dead outside his home.  

The Ruling Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) says it will hold Israel responsible for any consequences of its decision to establish a buffer zone in northern Gaza.

by Ahmed Janabi UN Security Council Resolution 1559 set up an inquiry commission to investigate former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri's murder after a UN fact-finding mission found that Lebanon's own investigation was...

A joint statement by the Arab Commission for Human Rights in Paris and International Justice Organisation in The Hague has expressed concerns about the unrest in al-Ahwaz town in southwestern Iran.

Nawal al-Sadawi, an intellectual who intends to run for the Egyptian presidency, says she has been prevented from holding a meeting in her village.

by Ahmed Janabi Assassinations continue to be the signposts of Lebanon's political history despite the passage of 15-odd years since the end of the civil war. Between 1989, when the Taif Accords were signed, and...