Mideast Protest

Trending on Saudi social media last week was a clip of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman promising to go on the offensive against his country's biggest rival and take the fight "inside Iran." The eight-month-old TV interview had taken on a new significance: Violent protests were spreading across Iran. It's not clear whether Saudi Arabia helped stir ...

Even as North African neighbors have smoldered, the oil-producing giant Algeria  has kept a sullen calm in the wake of a stifled protest march here last week, with the regional upheaval, for now, not catching on.Police officers deployed widely in the whitewashed streets to tamp down an antigovernment rally on Feb. 12, and they are expected to ...

For some of the protesters facing Bahrain's heavily armed security forces in and around Pearl Square in Manama, the most powerful weapon against shotguns and tear gas has been the tiny camera inside their cellphones.By uploading images of this week's violence in Manama, the capital, to Web sites like YouTube and yFrog, and then sharing them on Face...

Security forces and government supporters employed an escalating panoply of violent force - from tear gas and batons to shotguns and grenades - in pitched street battles with anti-government protesters in Libya, Bahrain  and Yemen  on Friday.The clashes followed a week of deepening unrest as protesters, emboldened by the toppling of forme...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday dismissed anti-govt protests in his country saying they are "going nowhere".Ahmadinejad blamed the opposition and said they are undermining Iran. He also vowed to punish the protest leaders and told the state television that "enemies" were trying to "tarnish Iran's brilliance".Hardline Iranian lawmak...

The stunning collapse of Tunisia's long-ruling president brought cheers from the streets and a flood of messages on Middle East websites Saturday with one overriding question: Could it happen next in Egypt or other iron-fist regimes in the region?There's little doubt that Tunisia's people-power uprising - a potent mix of economic gripes and demands...

Trending on Saudi social media last week was a clip of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman promising to go on the offensive against his country's biggest rival and take the fight "inside Iran." The eight-month-old TV interview had taken on a new significance: Violent protests were spreading across Iran. It's not clear whether Saudi Arabia helped stir ...

Even as North African neighbors have smoldered, the oil-producing giant Algeria  has kept a sullen calm in the wake of a stifled protest march here last week, with the regional upheaval, for now, not catching on.Police officers deployed widely in the whitewashed streets to tamp down an antigovernment rally on Feb. 12, and they are expected to ...

For some of the protesters facing Bahrain's heavily armed security forces in and around Pearl Square in Manama, the most powerful weapon against shotguns and tear gas has been the tiny camera inside their cellphones.By uploading images of this week's violence in Manama, the capital, to Web sites like YouTube and yFrog, and then sharing them on Face...

Security forces and government supporters employed an escalating panoply of violent force - from tear gas and batons to shotguns and grenades - in pitched street battles with anti-government protesters in Libya, Bahrain  and Yemen  on Friday.The clashes followed a week of deepening unrest as protesters, emboldened by the toppling of forme...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday dismissed anti-govt protests in his country saying they are "going nowhere".Ahmadinejad blamed the opposition and said they are undermining Iran. He also vowed to punish the protest leaders and told the state television that "enemies" were trying to "tarnish Iran's brilliance".Hardline Iranian lawmak...

The stunning collapse of Tunisia's long-ruling president brought cheers from the streets and a flood of messages on Middle East websites Saturday with one overriding question: Could it happen next in Egypt or other iron-fist regimes in the region?There's little doubt that Tunisia's people-power uprising - a potent mix of economic gripes and demands...