Today marks 15 years since the overthrow of Tunisian dictator Ben Ali, one of the high points of the Arab Spring. The events of 2011 gave rise to an impressive wave of revolutions. Almost all were ...

The Arab Spring started 10 years ago this month and led to trouble - civil wars or even more repression. But some are holding onto the ideals of free speech and change. What is left of the Arab Spring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A TUNISIAN expatriate shouts slogans while holding a placard reading ‘Free Tunisia,’ as he demonstrates on January 15, 2011, in ...

Mohammed A. Bamyeh discusses the currents and contradictions within the revolutionary movements sweeping the Arab world, and their ultimate potential. The Arab spring, as far as we can see, appears to ...

Beginning in December 2010, anti-government protests rocked Tunisia. By early 2011 they had spread into what became known as the Arab Spring—a wave of protests, uprisings, and unrest that spread ...

With long-standing U.S. allies toppled or under pressure from unprecedented dissent across the Arab world, Michael Doran, in "The Heirs of Nasser" (May/June 2011), warns that Iran is poised to walk ...

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: From Tunisia to Syria, the uprisings of 2011 showed how revolutions often give way to chaos or renewed authoritarianism, a lesson Jerusalem cannot ignore as Iran convulses. A ...

Tawakkol Karman, winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, is known as “The Mother of the Revolution” in Yemen, where she was at the forefront of the struggle for human rights and women’s participation in ...

The protests taking place across the Middle East are bringing dramatic changes to the broadcasting landscape. For years any rebellious coup d’état would simply target the presidential palace, followed ...