US former diplomats and foreign policy experts, including government officials, former US ambassadors, and MENA analysts say Tunisian President Kais Saied’s coup against democracy threatens the foundations of the US-Tunisia relationship The letter stressed that [ More … ]
Some observers say the U.S. president’s ‘democracy’ gathering is another failed move to restore America’s global image How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa? In [ More … ]
Only Iraq and Israel out of all Middle East countries, only Iraq from Arab counties, were invited to attend U.S. president’s recent summit on democracy. What does this say about democracy in the Middle East [ More … ]
The West’s silence regarding the situation in Tunisia shows their support for autocratic regimes including those in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who stand behind the coup, former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said in an [ More … ]
Social media accounts have circulated details of an Islamic State (IS) publication celebrating the coup carried out by Tunisian President Kais Saied. The terrorist organization considers that Saied’s action constitutes a setback for the democratic [ More … ]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the government and frozen the parliament in one of Tunisia’s biggest political crises since the 2011 revolution that introduced democracy. President accused of attack on Tunisian democracy after sacking [ More … ]
Egypt added on Saturday 13 people, including former lawmaker Zyad al-Elaimy, on the country’s “terrorism list” for collaborating with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood! Hundreds of people have been added to Egypt’s terrorism list in recent [ More … ]
The question is; Does Sisi need more powers?! The powers would include the right to suspend the school and university year, to postpone payment of utility bills and taxes, and to quarantine returning expats, Ahram [ More … ]
According to The Guardian: Whistleblower’s data suggests millions of phone tracking requests sent over a four-month period Saudi Arabia appears to be exploiting weaknesses in the global mobile telecoms network to track its citizens as they [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has detained two senior members of the royal family – Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, and Mohammed bin Nayef, the king’s nephew – according to reports citing sources with knowledge of [ More … ]
It is a religious obligation to vote amid concerns of low participation, Iranian leaders say. Iranians voted in their country’s 11th parliamentary election, seen as a test for the popularity of President Hassan Rouhani‘s reformist-moderate camp as [ More … ]
Why is Egypt in its current state? And what happened to the revolution? These two questions and many others were addressed by Open Democracy in an interview with Joshua Stacher about his new book, “Egypt’s [ More … ]
Rival Heart of Tunisia supports Ghannouchi’s election and appears likely to join a coalition government with Ennahdha. Tunisia‘s new parliament on Wednesday elected Ennahdha party’s Rached Ghannouchi as its speaker after the rival Heart of Tunisia party backed [ More … ]
Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur sworn in as interim president; country to hold presidential vote on September 15. The Tunisian government has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Beji Caid Essebsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, as [ More … ]
The 15 July failed coup attempt in Turkey has its place within the Turkish people’s minds as one of the most catastrophic days for the country, with some even defining it as an ‘apocalypse’ There [ More … ]
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