Iraq's agriculture minister, Ezz al-Din al-Dawla, resigned on Friday in response to the government's handling of Sunni protesters. During a televised news conference, al-Dawla said, "I announce my resignation before the Iraqi people and my people in Mosul because there ...

On Tuesday, Lebanon's joint parliamentary committees approved a new election law proposed by the Orthodox Gathering. The proposal, if adopted, would treat Lebanon as a single district within which "voters exclusively elect candidates of their own sect." Seats would still be ...

At least nine people are dead and over 50 wounded after clashes broke out between the Iraqi Army and protesters near a checkpoint in Fallujah, Anbar province. The altercation is the first deadly occurrence in more than a month ...

The Syrian National Coalition began meetings in Istanbul on Saturday in their second attempt to establish a transitional government in rebel-held parts of Syria. Agreement within the group could assuage international fears that Assad's fall could deepen sectarian ...

The Iraqi government has released over 300 prisoners arrested for violations of an anti-terror law. Protests erupted three weeks ago when Sunni Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi's bodyguards were arrested under this law. Demonstrators have claimed that the law ...

Iraq closed the only checkpoint linking it with Jordan on Wednesday as Sunnis in Anbar province continued to protest against Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his government. The protests, which claim that the government is treating Sunnis unfairly, have blocked the ...

Photo Credit: AP In continuing political turmoil facing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, Sunni and Kurdish ministers boycotted a cabinet meeting Tuesday in support of protesters in Sunni-dominated provinces.  The boycott comes at a time of heightened ...

Protests intensified in Iraq on Monday as thousands of new protesters joined demonstrations in Sunni strongholds across the country. At least 5,000 Iraqis joined the ongoing demonstrations in Anbar province, while in Mosul, Iraqi troops fired into the air ...

For nearly two weeks, Iraqi Sunnis have protested the government in cities across the country. The demonstrations were sparked following the December 20 arrest of ten bodyguards assigned to finance minister, Rafi al-Issawi, one of the government's most senior ...

Following a stroke last week, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s questionable health led to uncertainty about Iraq’s future. Peter Galbraith addressed these concerns in an opinion piece in Foreign Policy, noting that Iraq currently lacks a successor that could wield ...

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah proclaimed earlier this week, “Anyone who thinks that the armed opposition is capable of the military battle is very mistaken,’” referring to the conflict in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin on the ...

The United States Institute of Peace released a report entitled "Middle East in 2013: Promise and (Lots of) Peril," written by Robin Wright and Garrett Nada. The report examines the state of the uprisings in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen, as well as the potential ...

Bahraini authorities deployed the National Guard to "strategic locations" around the country in order to contain demonstrations and outbreaks of violence. Hadi al-Musawi, a spokesman for the main opposition group al-Wefaq, said Guard troops were seen setting up in ...

Syrian opposition leaders will be meeting in Qatar next week to revamp the structure of the Syrian National Council (SNC). The meeting will focus on the election of new leaders and ensuring the body is more representative of minority opposition ...

At least 43 Iraqis were killed over the weekend in a slew of bombings across the country, a sign of the continuing sectarian tensions that have also paralyzed Iraq's political system. The Islamic State of Iraq, an ...

Maryam al-Khawaja, acting president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, wrote an article criticizing the Bahraini regime's characterization of the opposition as a Shia monolith. Al-Khawaja says that protesters have been representative of all Bahraini demographics since the early ...