A top Lebanese security official who was bitterly opposed to Syrian leader Bashar Assad was killed in a car bomb in Beirut that also claimed the lives of seven others.
In last night's debate, both Obama and Romney engaged in distortions over the question of when the deadly attack on the consulate in Benghazi was deemed "terrorism."
Human Rights Watch called on Tunisian authorities to investigate a series of attacks by religious extremists over the past 10 months and bring those responsible to justice.
A blogger in Aleppo notes the growing presence of al-Qaeda militants in the insurgent forces, and writes that the Free Syrian Army must purge them or forfeit support from abroad.
At angry protests over economic conditions in Tehran, slogans included “Allahu akbar!” (God is great, associated with the 1979 revolution) and “Leave Syria alone, instead think of us!”
Turkey’s parliament in an emergency session authorized military action against Syria following deadly cross-border fire—while insisting it was not a war mandate.
Seven police officers in Bahrain have been charged with torturing medical professionals who were detained during opposition protests. The medics themselves remain in prison.
Omani blogger Mukhtar bin Mohammed bin Saif al-Hinai was sentenced to one year of imprisonment on charges of slander and violating the country's information technology laws.
Both imperialism and political Islam see in the current crisis the opportunity to revive the dystopian dialectic of jihad-versus-GWOT—and reverse the gains of the Arab Spring.
In the wave of protest over a provocateur-produced "film" dissing the Prophet Mohammed, jihadists could be seizing back the initiative from secular revolutionaries in the Arab world.
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said he would resign if that is the will of the people, amid growing protests across the West Bank over the rising cost of living.
With Tehran revealed to be supplying Damascus with arms through Iraqi airspace, events in Syria could be propelling the US towards unprecedented military commitments.
