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May 3, 2013
5:53 am

Reza Pahlavi, son of the toppled shah of Iran and spokesman of the Iranian National Council, speaks to the Associated Press in Paris, Thursday. (AP/Michel Euler)

Toppled shah’s son becomes pro-democracy spokesman

Reza Pahlavi heads new movement aiming to mobilize civilians to challenge Iran’s clerical regime, demand free elections

By Elaine Ganley

April 23, 2013
6:46 pm

The Twitter handle of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (photo credit: screen capture/Twitter)

Al-Qaeda faction takes battle to Twitter

Over 5,000 people follow terror group in what it calls ‘only means to communicate with the international public opinion’

By Elaine Ganley

January 29, 2013
8:00 am

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, right, flanked by Syrian National Coalition vice-president Riad Seif attend a press conference during the International support meeting of the Syrian National Coalition in Paris, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit:AP/Francois Mori)

France warns extremists could prevail in Syria

If Syrian people won’t ‘achieve their freedom… massacres and antagonisms’ will have the upper hand, FM Fabius tells opposition gathering

By Elaine Ganley and Zeina Karam

November 18, 2012
5:19 am

French President Francois Hollande, second from left, head of the new Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces Mouaz al-Khatib, second from right, Syrian opposition member Suheir Atassi, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, right, pose for photos prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Saturday, November 17, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Thibault Camus)

In bold move, France welcomes Syrian opposition ambassador

New envoy, Mounzir Makhous, appears before the press after talks between Hollande and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition

By Elaine Ganley

September 29, 2012
5:12 am

Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Iranian opposition party National Council of Resistance of Iran, smiles as she attends an international conference on Iranian policy in Brussels in 2011. (photo credit: Yves Logghe/AP)

Iran opposition head says group’s removal from US terror list will help topple clerics

Maryam Rajavi predicts more anti-regime activity; US says change in status doesn’t translate into a shared front against the Islamic Republic

By Elaine Ganley