- 11:12 29/03/2012
Freedom House released a report on freedom and democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.
- 14:20 14/02/2012
Throughout 2011 the Arab world was marked by riots and protests.
- 20:15 19/01/2012 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev
Russian diplomacy, which has been treading a difficult path in the Middle East and elsewhere, is not afraid of quarrelling with the new rulers who came to power on the crest of the Arab Spring, and is certainly not seeking to hinder renewal in the region. It is simply trying to help make this process more civilized.
- 11:40 19/01/2012 NEW YORK, January 19 (RIA Novosti)
The political unrest that swept the Arab world last year, which became known as the “Arab spring”, has become the most significant event in the struggle for civil rights, comparable to the downfall of Soviet Union in 1991, the human right organization Freedom House said in a report released on Thursday.
- 17:39 18/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 18 (Marc Bennetts for RIA Novosti)
The landmark events that swept the Arab world last year are far from at an end and the international community should maintain a policy of non-intervention in the Middle East and North Africa, Russia’s foreign minister said.
- 18:30 28/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti)
The Kuwaiti government resigned en bloc on Monday as the opposition pushed for the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah on corruption charges, the Al Arabiya TV channel reported.
- 18:55 25/11/2011
Protest in Arab countries resumes after a short period of calm.
- 21:16 23/11/2011 RIYADH, November 23 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed on Wednesday a deal proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) under which he would hand over power to his vice president within 30 days in exchange for immunity from prosecution for him and his family.
- 03:33 17/11/2011 MOSCOW / DUBAI, November 17 (RIA Novosti)
A group of protestors rushed into Kuwait's parliament building, while hundreds rallied outside to demand the prime minister's resignation, Al-Jazeera said on Thursday.
- 17:25 27/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti)
The European Parliament on Thursday awarded the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 2011 to five representatives of the Arab people, in recognition and support of their drive for freedom and human rights, the parliament said on its website.
- 16:10 17/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti)
Iran is against any foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Arab countries engulfed by popular uprisings, but urges the governments of these states to react to civilian demands, the Iranian foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 17:59 13/07/2011
The so-called ‘Arab spring’, which started as a wave of anti-government riots in Tunisia and Egypt, is now developing in full accordance with the US scenario, its main aim being to reshape the geopolitics, which the Bush administration once described as ‘The Greater Middle East’ plan.
- 15:34 04/06/2011
Russia will evacuate 14 diplomats from Yemen to Moscow by the nearest flight, a diplomatic source said on Saturday.
- 05:40 04/06/2011
A female Egyptian journalist was attacked while covering a demonstration on Cairo's central Tahrir Square demanding an immediate trial for ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, local media reported.
- 01:25 04/06/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in a televised audio address late on Friday night that he was "well and in good health" after being injured in an attack on his presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, Al Jazeera repored.
- 22:14 03/06/2011
An attack targeting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday killed at least three bodyguards and wounded several senior officials, Yemen's state news agency Saba reported.
- 18:10 03/06/2011
Heavy fighting on Thursday night between forces loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and supporters of the al-Ahmar clan, has caused widespread damage to buildings in the capital Sanaa.
- 17:42 03/06/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh received light wounds on Friday during an armed attack by opposition tribesmen on the presidential palace, Al-Arabiya television channel reported.
- 17:10 02/06/2011
Russia urged its citizens on Thursday to leave Yemen in the wake of the growing tensions in the capital, Sanaa.
- 16:38 01/06/2011
The presence of foreign troops in Bahrain is justified by existing "external threats" rather than by the need to suppress a wave of anti-government protests in the country, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al Khalifa said on Wednesday.
- 16:05 26/05/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered the arrest of tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar on Thursday following a night of deadly clashes in Sanaa, al Jazeera reported.
- 23:00 25/05/2011
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged on Wednesday an end to clashes between Yemeni protesters and government troops in the capital of Saana
- 15:18 14/05/2011
Opposition in Yemen has announced it would start a week of decisive actions seeking to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Al-Jazeera said on Saturday.
- 11:17 13/05/2011
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Friday of the dangers of a repetition of the fighting that has engulfed Libya in other countries in North Africa and the Middle East.
- 19:55 12/05/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Babich
The Schengen area, which guarantees free movement across and between 22 European Union members and 3 non-EU countries, has encountered unexpected difficulties in the wake of the protests that have swept the Middle East and North Africa, and gained the moniker Arab Spring.
- 06:40 09/05/2011
Some 7,000 demonstrators marched in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on Sunday, demanding the authorities to continue democratic reforms.
- 03:44 09/05/2011
At least two people were killed and ten injured when police opened fire at people, who tried to join an anti-government protest in the southwest of Yemen.
- 16:55 06/05/2011
The Yemeni opposition on Friday refused to sign a deal with President Ali Abdullah Saleh's representatives after Saleh refused to sign it personally, Arab media reported.
- 21:33 04/05/2011
Bahrain's Justice Ministry will try in a military court 47 medical professionals for alleged deadly assault and refusal to help persons in need during the months of unrest in the kingdom, local media said on Wednesday.
- 23:50 30/04/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has refused to sign a power transition plan which would see his resignation within 30 days, a source in Yemen's opposition said on Saturday.
- 16:03 27/04/2011
Jordanian King Abdullah II is to establish a special committee to review the country's constitution in a bid to put an end to anti-governmental protests, Al Jazeera said on Wednesday.
- 22:37 26/04/2011
A power transition plan between Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the opposition could be signed on Saturday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Al Jazeera reported.
- 17:42 26/04/2011
The French and Italian leaders called on Tuesday for the EU to reform its Schengen treaty following a dispute over a recent influx of immigrants from North Africa.
- 19:03 24/04/2011
Protesters in Yemen are calling for the immediate departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh despite a transition plan brokered by Persian Gulf nations under which he would step down.
- 04:16 24/04/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has accepted the power transition plan, proposed by Gulf Arab mediators, under which he will have to resign soon.
- 18:58 23/04/2011
112 people had been killed on Friday's anti-governmental massacre in Syria as the security forces opened fire and used teargas against demonstrators who demanded political freedoms and an end to corruption, EFE Spanish news agency said on Saturday, citing opposition activists.
- 12:13 23/04/2011
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who is currently paying a visit to Moscow, condemned Syrian government for killing of demonstrators and urged for a "transparent" independent investigation.
- 05:04 23/04/2011
U.S. President Barack Obama has condemned the Syrian authorities for the use of force to quell nationwide protests against Bashar Assad's regime.
- 21:21 22/04/2011
France may suspend its commitments under the Schengen agreement on border-free travel in the EU due to an influx of refugees from Tunisia and Libya, French media said on Friday.
- 17:44 22/04/2011
Syrian human rights activists said on Friday they will not be placated by a presidential decree ending an almost five-decade long state of emergency in the country and will continue to protest, regional media said.
- 22:36 21/04/2011 Yelena Suponina, Moscow News political analyst
Yemen is teetering on the brink of civil war, and yet the UN Security Council has failed to produce even a joint political statement on the situation there, much less a concrete plan of action to avert this disastrous outcome.
- 19:15 19/04/2011
The Syrian government lifted on Tuesday the almost five-decade long state of emergency in the country, the SANA news agency said.
- 11:53 19/04/2011
At least 30 people were killed and wounded as security forces opened fire on anti-government protest in Syria's third largest city of Homs overnight, Al Jazeera TV channel said Tuesday.
- 21:45 16/04/2011
An emergency law, which lasted for the last 48 years in Syria, can be lifted next week, the country's President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday.
- 20:59 14/04/2011
A new government was formed in Syria on Thursday as the country's leadership attempts to ease pressure from protesters for reform, the Sana news agency reported.
- 15:28 13/04/2011
The Gulf Cooperation Council has demanded the cancellation of an Arab states summit in Baghdad, scheduled for mid-May, Bahrain news agency said on Wednesday.
- 13:45 11/04/2011
The number of Syrian servicemen killed in an ambush on an armed forces unit in the country's northwest has risen to nine, the Syrian SANA news agency reported on Monday.
- 22:59 10/04/2011
An emirate paper said on Sunday that police in Dubai had arrested a blogger and a human rights activist, Ahmad Mansur, who has reportedly urged free elections and called for reforms in the country.
- 06:55 09/04/2011
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday denounced Syrian authorities' violence against the country's nationals.
- 23:01 08/04/2011
Syrian media reported 19 police and security force members have been killed in clashes in the southern city of Daraa on Friday.
- 07:43 06/04/2011
Russia views an unrest in the Middle East, particularly in major oil exporting countries, as a threat to its interests, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Wednesday.
- 17:40 05/04/2011
Over 400 demonstrators were wounded on Tuesday in clashes with police in the Yemeni city of Taiz, the Al Jazeera TV channel reported.
- 20:22 02/04/2011
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern over the situation in Syria, where security forces on Friday opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least 9, a statement from the UN press service said.
- 00:15 01/04/2011 Yelena Suponina for RIA Novosti
The coalition fighting in Libya is not a strictly Western affair. Muslim Turkey is one of the 28 NATO countries taking part, and Qatari aircraft have been patrolling Libyan skies since March 25.
- 17:06 31/03/2011
Russia has reiterated its call on its citizens in Yemen to urgently leave the country, where an unrest has claimed dozens of lives.
- 17:57 30/03/2011
In his first address since the outbreak of anti-government protests in Syria, President Bashar Assad blamed foreign and domestic "conspirators" for the unrest.
- 17:40 30/03/2011
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday that Italy's Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean Sea would be cleared of North African refugees within 60 hours.
- 11:01 30/03/2011
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Syria on March 29 in support of embattled President Bashar al-Assad.
- 17:51 29/03/2011
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepted the resignation of Mohammed Naji al-Otari's government on Tuesday, national media reported.
- 15:58 29/03/2011
Soldiers were deployed on Tuesday in the Omani city of Sohar to break up a protest calling for socio-economic reforms, the ONA state news agency said.
- 13:38 29/03/2011
Thousands of Syrians marched on Tuesday toward central Damascus in a show of support for President Bashar Assad.
- 03:17 29/03/2011
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas held a telephone conversation with King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa discussing recent protests in Bahrain and the situation in the region, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
- 20:56 26/03/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told Al Arabiya television on Saturday that he is ready to leave power "with respect and dignity."
- 22:50 24/03/2011
The Syrian authorities are considering revoking a 50-year state of emergency that enables security forces to arrest innocent people, presidential adviser Buthaina Shaaban said on Thursday.
- 22:10 20/03/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh dismissed on Sunday the government of Prime Minister Ali Mujawar, SABA Yemeni news agency reported.
- 18:01 19/03/2011
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the colorful and flamboyant leader of Russia's LDPR party, on Saturday called on the Muslim world to unite and support Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi.
- 17:04 19/03/2011
At least 26 were killed and over 40 were wounded after forces loyal to Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi pounded the rebellious city of Benghazi on Saturday, the Al Jazeera TV channel said.
- 19:39 17/03/2011
Russia risks losing over $6 billion on arms contracts with Algeria and Syria if the situation in these countries destabilizes, a Russian expert on arms industry said on Thursday.
- 14:24 17/03/2011
Bahraini police on Thursday arrested at least five opposition leaders in dawn raids, a day after a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, world media said.
- 10:35 16/03/2011
Bahraini police launched an attack on pro-democracy protesters holding a rally in the country's capital of Manama, world media reported on Wednesday.
- 23:40 15/03/2011
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Egypt and Algeria next week, he told journalists on Tuesday.
- 17:59 11/03/2011
Police in Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh have tightened security measures ahead of expected anti-government riots, a local policeman told RIA Novosti on Friday.
- 22:10 10/03/2011 RIA Novosti interview with Yevgeny Satanovsky
Experts and analysts are not hesitating in calling the situation in Libya a civil war. How long will it last? What countries may suffer the same fate? Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the Middle East Institute, in an interview with RIA Novosti’s Samir Shakhbaz claims that revolutionary processes can take a long time and may affect not only the Persian Gulf monarchies but also countries throughout Africa.
- 19:20 10/03/2011
Experts and analysts are not hesitating in calling the situation in Libya a civil war. How long will it last? What countries may suffer the same fate? Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the Middle East Institute, in an interview with RIA Novosti’s Samir Shakhbaz claims that revolutionary processes can take a long time and may affect not only the Persian Gulf monarchies but also countries throughout Africa.
- 13:44 10/03/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has pledged to put a new constitution to a referendum this year and create a parliamentary system in the country, world media reported Thursday.
- 17:26 09/03/2011
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Wednesday his country rejects any interference in its domestic affairs and would "cut off" any accusing finger.
- 14:37 04/03/2011
Thousands of people gathered on Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday for an anti-government demonstration, a RIA Novosti correspondent has reported.
- 05:12 02/03/2011
Foreign ministers of the Arab League countries will meet on Wednesday in Cairo to discuss the ongoing political crisis in the Middle East and North Africa.
- 05:54 01/03/2011
Saudi Arabia has sent dozens of tanks to Bahrain, where anti-government protests continue for about two weeks.
- 03:25 01/03/2011
The U.S. is in talks with NATO and other allies about possible measures against the current Libyan leadership.
- 00:58 01/03/2011
A ferry evacuating Russians and foreigners departed on Monday from the northern Libyan port of Ras Lanuf.
- 22:05 26/02/2011
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may hold a bilateral meeting in Geneva in the nearest future, a diplomatic source told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
- 17:16 26/02/2011
Tens of thousands of Shiite protestors poured into the streets of Bahrain's capital of Manama on Saturday, they are currently approaching the building of the national government and want to stage a demonstration against it walls, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
- 15:33 25/02/2011
Africa and the Middle East exported more than 1 billion metric tons of oil in 2009
- 13:04 25/02/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered the creation of a special committee to start dialogue with opposition leaders, local media reported on Friday.
- 21:04 24/02/2011
The popular unrest in Arab countries that led to the fall of regimes in Tunisia and Egypt is part of a U.S.-designed strategic project dubbed "New Middle East," a Bahraini deputy said Thursday.
- 11:33 24/02/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered the country's security forces to protect protesters trying to force him out of power and loyalists alike, Al Arabiya reported on Thursday.
- 03:28 24/02/2011
Protestors in Bahrain will stage more protests and a nationwide strike if the government refuses to resign on Thursday.
- 19:34 23/02/2011
Russia will not accept attempts to escalate pressure on the events in the Middle East and North Africa, swept by unrest, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a telephone conversation with the Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
- 16:28 22/02/2011
Thousands of protesters in the central square in the capital of Bahrain, Manama, are refusing to enter talks with the authorities until the government resigns, and say they will continue to protest until the government accedes to their demands.
- 06:35 22/02/2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on the Libyan government on Tuesday to stop "unacceptable bloodshed" amid media reports of a brutal crackdown on protests in major cities.
- 03:17 22/02/2011
The King of Bahrain agreed to pardon political prisoners, but rejected other demands by protestors.
- 02:16 22/02/2011
Many foreign nationals are stranded in Libya, where mass protests and violence have escalated since mid-February, as the country's authorities ordered a closure of the country's airspace.
- 21:02 21/02/2011
The uprisings which have swept across the Middle East and North Africa were inevitable and not provoked by outside forces, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Monday.
- 05:49 21/02/2011
Sayf al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of the Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, has blamed opposition members outside the country of organizing protests in Libya.
- 03:38 21/02/2011
Sayf al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of the Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, has blamed opposition members outside the country of organizing protests in Libya.
- 23:28 20/02/2011
The European Union's foreign policy chief has called on the Libyan authorities to end violence in the country which has left up to 200 people dead.
- 20:32 20/02/2011
The Bahraini opposition said the unrest will continue until the government resigns, with protesters refusing to hold a dialogue with the country's authorities.
- 12:35 20/02/2011
Protests in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule have left up to 200 people dead, the U.K.'s Independent newspaper reported on Sunday.
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