Morocco held its first parliamentary elections on Friday since a new constitution was approved by a referendum in July, which provided for a more empowered parliament. Moroccan Interior Minister Taib Cherkaoui said around 45 per cent of registered ...

Egypt's military rulers picked Kamal el-Ganzouri to serve as the country's new prime minister to head a new cabinet after several days of demonstrations. Ganzouri, who served as ousted President Hosni Mubarak's prime minister for several years, asked Egyptians ...

MMoroccan opposition activists have increased calls for boycotting this week's parliamentary election, stating "it will produce a corrupt assembly unwilling to implement the radical reforms they believe the country needs." "We are calling for a boycott because the constitution ...

Rabab El Mahdi in Foreign Policy Magazine argued that while elections are necessary, and conditions surrounding them are bleak, elections are only part of the political process unfolding in Egypt. Many analysts and Egyptians have complaints about the elections, ...

Three reformist parties in Iran have been banned by the Iranian election office from participating in the upcoming legislative polls. The Islamic Participation Front, Islamic Revolution Mujahideen Organization, and Freedom Movement of Iran were barred from participating because they ...

Despite President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition forces signing a ceasefire on Tuesday, violence continued, turning the northern part of Sana'a into a "war zone." Clashes between forces loyal to Saleh and General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar's opposition forces have put the peaceful ...

Tunisians prepare for upcoming elections as campaigning closes on Friday, two days before their first democratic elections. Nine months after President  Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted, the once banned Islamist party, Ennahda, is poised to "dominate," the upcoming ...

Erik Churchill of Foreign Policy Magazine argues that despite the problems plaguing the political transition of Tunisia, "those fears should not overshadow the hope that Tunisia has a chance to get things right and once again set an example for ...

Clashes broke out between Coptic Christians and Egyptian security forces over the destruction of a church in southern Egypt, resulting in 23 people dead and more injured. Demonstrations took place in Tahrir Square and in Alexandria, forcing the ...

In response to protesters demands, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced he will step down as president in the coming days. Saleh stated "I reject power and I will continue to reject it, and I will be leaving power ...

In reaction to a pact signed by Egyptian party leaders and the ruling military council, activists denounced the agreement as a betrayal to the principles of the revolution. The pact included concessions made by the ruling generals to amend the ...

In a Policy Watch piece for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, David Schenker writes that Jordan's monarchy seems to have found a formula to quell internal unrest. A mixture of political and economic promises "is helping to ...

After protesters gathered in Tahrir Square yesterday, Egypt’s military chief of staff Sami Enan met with party leaders on Saturday. Enan invited various parties, from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Wafd party. The meeting comes as protesters took ...

Egypt's parliamentary elections will now be held on November 28th, the first since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February. "The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has set November 28 as the start of the first stage of the parliamentary election, ...

Thousands of Yemeni citizens returned to the streets, apparently rejecting President Ali Abdullah Saleh's latest proposal for a transition of power, and opposition members accused Saleh of political maneuvering. Additionally, bands of tribesman stormed a Republican Guards' base ...