Jonathan Lessware Archive
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Feb 18, 2012
Punishing conditions push inmates to take up arms against the regime after they are released from jail Read Article Prisons harden Syrian dissent
Dec 30, 2011
In 2011 Qatar rose to become a major diplomatic player in the region and beyond. Read Article Qatar in 2011: Doha uses money and media to take centre stage in Spring
Dec 30, 2011
With the tumult in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya reverberating beyond North Africa, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announced in March a US$133 billion (Dh488bn) spending plan to build homes and combat unemployment. Read Article Saudi Arabia in 2011: Social ills tackled to prevent unrest
Dec 30, 2011
Few would have thought the wave of popular protests sweeping the Middle East would come ashore in Oman in 2011. Read Article Oman in 2011: Unrest after decades of stability
Dec 30, 2011
Kuwait ended the year in a state of all-too-familiar political limbo. Read Article Kuwait in 2011: Parliament dissolved after corruption claims
Nov 17, 2011
Syrian army defectors attack an intelligence complex as Syria's suspension from the Arab League takes effect. Read Article Syrian rebels attack Damascus
Nov 04, 2011
The new violence in Syria does not bode well for the success of the Arab League initiative to solve a crisis that has endured for nearly eight months already, despite a government crackdown that the UN estimates has left more than 3,000 people dead.
Read Article 20 more die in Syria a day after Arab League peace deal
May 12, 2011
Morocco and Jordan are both seen as governments capable of weathering domestic unrest, with strong militaries and close ties with Gulf royal families. They are also monarchies, as are many Gulf states. Read Article Welcome for 'enlarged GCC' that would include Morocco and Jordan
Mar 19, 2011
After midday prayers thousands of protesters gathered for demonstrations. Large numbers of security forces could be seen heading towards Shiite neighbourhoods in armoured vehicles and carrying shotguns. Read Article Bahrain king defends state of emergency as Pearl monument torn down
Mar 18, 2011
Army accuses those detained, including two hardline Shiite organisations that have called for the abolition of the monarchy, and the head of the secular leftist party Waad, of sedition, incitement to kill, destruction of property and having foreign intelligence contacts. Read Article Seven Bahrain opposition leaders arrested
