US activists are fasting in solidarity with Syrian civil resistance figure Qusai Zakarya, who is on hunger strike to protest the siege of over 30 towns by the Assad regime.
An Egyptian court sentenced three human rights activists to three years in prison and fined each $7,000 for violating the country's controversial new anti-protest law.
The UN Palestine refugee agency warns that thousands of refugees at Yarmouk camp in Damascus are at risk due to the ongoing siege of the camp by Syrian regime forces.
Ex-CIA director Michael Hayden says Bashar Assad is the best option for stability in Syria—while the White House now considers arming jihadist rebels.
The US ironically announces a halt in aid to the Syrian rebels on the same day that the UN concludes there have been multiple chemical attacks in the country this year.
Alaa Abdul Fattah, a prominent blogger who opposed Mubarak and Morsi alike, was arrested by Egypt's military authorities on charges of organizing an unsanctioned rally.
The Israel Air Force was reportedly responsible for an attack on a military base in the Syrian city of Latakia, targeting a Russian missile shipment bound for Hezbollah.
About 30 aides to Moammar Qaddafi, including his son Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, were indicted by a Libyan court for a list of offenses allegedly committed during the 2011 revolt.
A team of disarmament experts from the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons began overseeing the destruction by the Syrian government.
While the new deadly street clashes in Cairo made international news, near-daily insurgent attacks on Eyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula continue with little notice.
Human Rights Watch called on Libya to suspend the death sentences of two former officials convicted of crimes related to the country’s uprising in June 2011.
Human Rights Watch finds that tens of thousands who peacefully demonstrated against President Bashar Assad are languishing in Syrian prisons, subjected to an policy of torture.
