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UN monitors visit Homs in April (photo credit: AP Photo/Syria TV)
From the WebAugust 20, 2012, 4:16 pm
UN monitors pull out of Syria
Reuters: Unarmed observers had suspended operations in June after repeatedly coming under fire
Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
July 7, 2012, 4:28 pm
The evidence shows that we have not succeeded in Syria, says Kofi Annan
UN envoy says Iran is a major player and should be part of the solution
Egyptian presidential candidate Abd Al-Munim Abu-Fattouh in Cairo (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
May 16, 2012, 1:06 pm
Iran and Saudi Arabia fight over Bahrain
UN monitors in Syria said to be targeted for the first time; Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is left behind by absentee voters
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian firefighters extinguish a burning car following explosions in Damascus (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)
May 10, 2012, 2:02 pm
Trouble in Damascus and elections in Algeria
Legal ambiguity throws the Egyptian presidential campaign into disarray and Yemen is blaming Iran for funding Shiite separatists
By Elhanan Miller
A man casts his vote at a polling station during the parliamentary elections in Damascus on Monday. (photo credit: Muzaffar Salman/AP)
May 7, 2012, 12:20 pm
Opposition boycotts Syrian election
Opposition calls elections ‘sham’ meant to support and strengthen the current regime
Syrians chanting anti-regime slogans during a demonstration in Idlib, north Syria, Sunday (photo credit: AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
May 7, 2012, 5:33 am
Syrian parliamentary elections to go ahead amid crackdown
Opposition urges boycott to prevent granting Assad semblance of legitimacy
Egyptian presidential candidate Abd Al-Munim Abu-Fattouh (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
May 2, 2012, 11:10 am
A year after bin Laden, the Arab world has other concerns
Leading Arab editor eulogizes al-Qaeda leader as inspiration to the Islamic world
By Elhanan Miller
Osama bin Laden (photo credit: CNN video screen capture, YouTube)
May 1, 2012, 2:05 pm
Egypt gears up for elections amid political storm
Bombings wreak havoc in Syria and new documents shed light on al-Qaeda’s inner workings
By Elhanan Miller
Norwegian General Robert Mood stands near a portrait of Bashar Assad in Damascus (photo credit: AP/Bassem Tellawi)
April 30, 2012, 1:29 pm
Syrian crimes and Egyptian misdemeanors
UN monitor chief arrives in Damascus, Egypt tries to calm Saudi anger and Elie Wiesel is condemned for indifference to Palestinian suffering
By Elhanan Miller
April 29, 2012, 1:53 pm
UN Syria observers visit Homs neighborhood
Overall violence levels in uprising hotspot drop since monitors’ arrival
Anti-regime demonstration in northern Syria, March 2012 (photo credit: AP/Rodrigo Abd)
April 26, 2012, 9:06 pm
Israel is backing Assad, claims Syrian Muslim Brotherhood official in scathing interview
Senior member in exile breaks taboo on speaking to Israeli media to issue series of accusations
By Elhanan Miller
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and top official Yasser Abed Rabbo (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
April 26, 2012, 11:14 am
Syrian residents fear the ‘curse of the observers’
Where the UN goes, violence follows; Abbas fires Abed Rabbo
By Elhanan Miller
A UN vehicle drives through a crowd of Assad supporters in Homs (photo credit: AP/SANA)
April 24, 2012, 1:05 pm
Syrian violence, Egyptian gas and Iranian support
Arab columnists differ on ramifications of Egyptian deal break, fear Iraq is increasingly coming under Iran’s sway
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian security forces in a neighborhood in Daraa (photo credit: AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
April 22, 2012, 11:04 pm
Syria hotspot enjoys lull with UN monitors present
Homs goes two days with no shelling as Assad’s forces focus attention on other parts of the country
Disqualified Muslim Brotherhood candidate Khairat Shater (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
April 19, 2012, 12:52 pm
‘The butcher continues to kill, the monitors continue to monitor’
Iran rebuffs Arab Gulf attacks and disqualified Egyptian candidates put up a fight
By Elhanan Miller
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