In the spring of 2013, I visited Egypt. It had been two years since the uprisings known as the “Arab Spring” had toppled the government — and in the aftermath, an angry, conservative base ready to ...

South of Gafsa, the centre of Tunisia’s phosphate industry, there is a half-built road – the construction materials and equipment left to rust by the roadside. The companies responsible for the road ...

Exactly 15 years ago, the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia prompted an unprecedented pan-Arab protest movement that demonstrated the overwhelming Arab desire for more democratic forms ...

A significant Middle East anniversary passed this week with hardly anyone noticing. On January 14, 2011, Tunisia’s autocratic leader, president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, abruptly and unceremoniously ...

Jan 8 (Reuters) - A dispute over territorial control in southern Yemen has set erstwhile Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against each other and fractured the coalition fighting ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. TUNIS, Tunisia • Millions of Tunisians cast votes on Sunday for an assembly to draft a new constitution, in a burst of pride and ...

new video loaded: Egypt’s President Pardons Imprisoned Arab Spring Activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, pardoned after spending most of the past 12 years imprisoned, gained prominence through his biting, ...