The uprisings across the Arab world are becoming more complex and variable as they enter their second year. This makes it all the more important to identify their main dynamics, says Volker Perthes. Since the fall of Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak in the first weeks of 2011, it has become evident that the political transformation of the states of the Arab world is and
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia has started the procedure for withdrawing its recognition of the Syrian leadership under President Bashar al-Assad and for expelling the Syrian ambassador, the Tunisian president said on Saturday. Soon after the decision was announced, staff at Syria’s embassy in the Tunisian capital lowered their national flag over the building, prompting a cheer from about 200 people pr
One year ago this weekend Tunisians overthrew the dictatorship of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in the first popular revolution of the Arab Spring. It was an uprising fuelled as much by the frustrations of the unemployed but as Wyre Davies reports from Tunis, the economic situation has not improved. A year ago, the streets of Tunis were a battleground. Uniformed and plain-clothes police clashed with pro
A year ago, I was a normal college guy - just focusing on my studies and hanging out with my friends. I was also like many other Egyptians who were dreaming of change but never believed it could happen. However our country's condition was getting worse and worse. There was corruption, torture, injustice, inequality and no freedom. Someone had to stand up and say "enough is enough" - and that is wh
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