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Unless structural reforms are undertaken, Algeria could see a second Arab Spring
Now there is a strong feeling among the Algerians that even if the state is controlled by a few individuals, they have the power to bring down the government.
Trapped in The Digital Square
How technology is chipping away at the very fabric of socio-political exchange.
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Why did the Arab Spring begin in Tunisia?
To this day, the question, “Why Tunisia succeeded?” is being answered in very different ways by scholars, researchers and commentators.
Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh keeps friend and foe guessing after skirmish with Houthi allies
Fearing the Houthis are a proxy for their arch-foe Iran, the mostly Gulf Arab alliance seeks to help the internationally recognised government push up from a base in Yemen's south towards Sanaa. Saleh's guile has been key to resisting the push.
Arab Spring Anniversary: Five years ago a fruit-seller in Tunisia set himself on fire...
Fruit-seller Mohammed Bouazizi act of setting himself on fire had sparked a ‘revolution’ and it led to imitation-attempts in neighbouring Arab countries resulting in a complex chain of events in Arab countries - what the world came to know as 'the Arab Spring'.
The illusion of spring
Turkey’s backsliding into religion frames the reversals in the post-Arab Spring Middle East
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The new young
Exposure to television and digital media grew by leaps and bounds between 2005 and 2012.
430 journalists killed between 2007-12 in Syria: UNESCO
According to a report by UNESCO, Syria is the most dangerous place to work for journalists.
Hundreds of Syrian evacuees held for questioning by Govt: UN
The Syrian government has held up hundreds of evacuees from Homs for questioning to weed out 'terrorists'.
India and the Middle East: Delhi begins a re-think
The Arab countries of the Gulf are under a separate part of the ministry.
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