Tag Archives: Middle East and North Africa
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Algerian President’s Illness Could Herald Generational Shift
Abdelaziz Bouteflika might be Algeria’s last leader to have experienced its struggle for independence from France.
Algeria's prime minister admitted in remarks that were reported on Tuesday that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was seriously ill and convalescing in France, raising the prospect of a generational shift in the North…
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Libyan Degaddafication Law’s Scope Raises Concern
Any Libyan who held public office while Gaddafi was in power can now be ousted.
After months of anticipation and weeks of jubilant protests in the capital, Libyan lawmakers enacted a political isolation law last week that prohibits officials who served the previous regime from reentering public service. To the revolutionaries…
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Majority Arabs, Turks Opposes Arming Syria’s Rebels
A poll shows most neighboring peoples are skeptical of arming the rebels in Syria.
With lawmakers in the United States pushing President Barack Obama into providing military support to the Syrian opposition and Israel striking targets in the vicinity of the capital Damascus, commentators are predicting that the civil war in Syria may be entering a new stage with greater foreign involvement. Fortunately…
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Syria Threatens War After Israel Conducts Airstrikes
Assad needs all his manpower and resources to fight his internal enemies, however.
Syria's deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad told CNN on Sunday that overnight Israeli air raids into his country were tantamount to a "declaration of war." Israel likely carried out strikes against army installations north of the Syrian capital Damascus early Sunday morning although its military refused…
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Tunisian Parties End Stalemate, Agree to “Mixed” Regime
Secular parties want a powerful presidency to balance against the Islamists’ plurality.
Tunisia's politicians ended months of political stalemate with an agreement that could lead to the writing of a new constitution, one of the leaders of the North African country's ruling Islamist party said on Friday. "We have overcome…
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Rising Sunni Discontent Test for Iraq’s Shī’ah Premier
After more than two hundred deaths, the government in Baghdad has to act.
It is not unusual for thousands of Iraqis to march in the streets, railing against their government. The country's Sunnis, who dominated politics under Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime, have particular grievances with…