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Saudi court hands down death for 2004 bombing
A Saudi Arabian court sentenced to death a member of a militant cell in connection with a 2004 suicide attack on a western company operating in Yanbu port.
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Egypt court sentences 139 protesters in mass trial
An Egyptian court sentenced 139 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to two year prison terms on a variety of charges including rioting and sabotage.
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Syria: massacres and hypocrisy
Assad's partisans tout a supposed massacre by jihadists near Damascus, while igonoring the much larger and thoroughly verified one being carried out by the regime in Aleppo.
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Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group
Egypt's interim government officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group following the bombing of a police station that killed 16 people.
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International hunger strike for Syria launched
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.
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Egypt: court sentences rights activists to prison
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.
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Saudi Arabia sentences activist to prison, lashes
A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced political activist Omar al-Saeed to four years in prison and 300 lashes for urging the kingdom to become a constitutional monarchy.
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Syria: imperialists keep flipping script
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.
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Syria: new chemical revelations; aid cut to 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.
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Yemen: war comes to capital
A suicide attack on the defense ministry thrust Yemen briefly into the news—as an invisible sectarian war rages across much of the countryside.
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Lebanon: army seizes strife-torn Tripoli
​Lebanon's government has ordered the coastal city of Tripoli placed under army control amid growing sectarian clashes pitting Sunni residents against Alawites.
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Egypt: blogger arrested in protest crackdown
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.