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Condoleezza Rice: Bashar al-Assad Is Taking Syria to Brink of Civil War

Nov 20, 2011 8:18 AM CST

Rice: Syria on Verge of Civil War

Bashar al-Assad is 'no friend' of the US, says former secretary of state

(Newser) - Syrian President Bashar Assad is taking his country to the brink of civil war, says former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. She tells CNN's State of the Union that Assad "is no friend of the United States" and that his overthrow would be a "great thing" for...

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Will Be Tried in Libya, Not the Hague, NTC Says

Libya: We'll Try Gadhafi Son

SORRY, HAGUE

Nov 20, 2011 8:01 AM CST

Libya: We'll Try Gadhafi Son

NTC will not hand Saif al-Islam Gadhafi over to the Hague

(Newser) - The Libyan information minister says Moammar Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent will be tried at home and will not be handed over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Mahmoud Shammam says Libya's National Transitional Council will discuss its decision with the ICC's chief prosecutor...

Huge Internet, Cell Surveillance Business Operates in Secret

Huge Cell,
Internet Spy
Biz Operates
in Secret

Nov 19, 2011 5:19 PM CST

Huge Cell, Internet Spy Biz Operates in Secret

Libya, Syria used tools during Arab Spring

(Newser) - Internet and cell phone surveillance has ballooned into a $5-billion-a-year business that operates far from the public eye, the Wall Street Journal reports. Confidential buyers can use the tools to steal information directly from your phone, monitor tens of thousands of cell calls, or use "massive intercept" gear that...

Arab League Gives Syria 3 Days

Nov 17, 2011 7:25 AM CST

Arab League Gives Syria 3 Days

Assad must accept its peace plan, let monitors in

(Newser) - The Arab League has given Syria three more days to implement its peace plan, offering to send monitors to the country to ensure the bloodshed has stopped, in what amounts to a temporary reprieve from Saturday’s decision to suspend the country . But Qatar’s foreign minister insisted that sanctions...

Bloody Wave Claims 70 in Syria

Nov 15, 2011 6:00 AM CST

Bloody Wave Claims 70 in Syria

Bashar Assad soldiers targeted by army defectors

(Newser) - More than 70 Syrians died in a single day yesterday, many of them soldiers killed at the hands of army defectors in Daraa, activists tell the AP . The bloody wave was also felt in Homs, where the morgue had taken in 19 bullet-riddled corpses. Witnesses on the ground in Daraa...

Protests Rock Syria
After Embassy Attacks

Nov 13, 2011 10:11 AM CST

Protests Rock Syria After Embassy Attacks

Protesters attack Saudi, Qatari embassies after Arab League vote

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Syrian government supporters poured into the streets today to protest an Arab League vote to suspend the country's membership, as Turkey sent planes to evacuate diplomatic staff and their families after a night of attacks on embassies. Facing growing isolation, the Syrian government called for...

Arab League Suspends
Syria Membership

Nov 12, 2011 8:00 AM CST

Arab League Suspends Syria Membership

It calls on Assad to stop violence against protesters

(Newser) - The Arab League voted today to suspend Syria in four days and warned it could face sanctions if it does not end its bloody crackdown against anti-government protesters. The decision was a symbolic blow to a nation that prides itself on being a powerhouse of Arab nationalism. Qatar Foreign Minister...

In Homs, Opposition Reports 'Indiscriminate Slaughter'

Syrian uprising

Nov 8, 2011 8:58 AM CST

In Homs, Opposition Reports 'Indiscriminate Slaughter'

UN raises uprising's death toll to 3,500, calls figure conservative

(Newser) - Syria’s uprising got even bloodier today as government forces continued their assault on Homs, clashing with military defectors and other opposition gunmen. Opposition activists declared the city a “humanitarian disaster area,” estimating that in the past week more than 100 have been killed. “Indiscriminate slaughter is...

How Libya
Became
'Hillary's War'

Oct 31, 2011 11:56 AM CDT

How Libya Became 'Hillary's War'

Secretary of state became a central figure

(Newser) - In the early days of the Libyan uprising, Hillary Clinton was skeptical of the US playing a role in unseating Moammar Gadhafi. But less than a month after it began, the secretary of state had become a “strong advocate” of the idea, according to one administration official. From then...

Why Arab Intellectuals
Missed Arab Spring

ANALYSIS

Oct 30, 2011 7:39 AM CDT

Why Arab Intellectuals Missed Arab Spring

No Thomas Paines, no Vaclav Havels—and maybe that's a good thing

(Newser) - The Arab Spring protests that have roiled the Middle East for the past 10 months may have ousted dictators and brought more democracy to the region, but they've done so with precious little help from the Arab world's intellectuals, writes Robert Worth in an analysis in the New ...

Assad: Meddle
in Syria, Burn
Whole Region

Oct 30, 2011 5:39 AM CDT

Assad: Meddle in Syria, Burn Whole Region

Syrian president tells West to butt out or face 'an earthquake'

(Newser) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is warning the West not to get involved in the unrest in his country or it will face "an earthquake" or "tens of Afghanistans," he tells the Telegraph . "Syria is different in every respect from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen," he said in...

Tunisia Election
Protests Turn Violent

Oct 28, 2011 5:07 AM CDT

Tunisia Election Protests Turn Violent

Islamist party officially declared winners

(Newser) - A moderate Islamist party has been declared the official winner of the Arab Spring's first election. The Ennahda Party did even better in Tunisia's first elections for decades than predicted as polls closed , winning than 41% of the vote and 90 seats in the new 217-seat parliament. But...

Islamists
Claim Victory
in Tunisia Vote

updated

Oct 24, 2011 6:43 PM CDT

Islamists Claim Victory in Tunisia Vote

Once-banned party Ennahda leading in many constituencies

(Newser) - A moderate Islamist party has claimed victory in Tunisian elections today with at least 30% of the vote, the AP reports. If they win, the Ennahda party will guide the nation's 217-seat constituent assembly in choosing a new government and writing a new constitution. More than 90% of registered...

After 42 Years,
Libya Declares
Itself Liberated

Oct 23, 2011 10:14 AM CDT

After 42 Years, Libya Declares Itself Liberated

Jubilant event celebrates end of Gadhafi regime

(Newser) - The rebels have become rulers, as Libya today declared itself free after 42 years under the iron grip of Moammar Gadhafi. "We declare to the whole world that we have liberated our beloved country, with its cities, villages, hill-tops, mountains, deserts, and skies," said an official at the...

Gadhafi Died of
Shot to Head:
Autopsy

Oct 23, 2011 8:32 AM CDT

Gadhafi Died of Shot to Head: Autopsy

Pathologist will release full report to attorney general

(Newser) - Little surprise here, but an autopsy has concluded that Moammar Gadhafi died of a gunshot to the head. The report was conducted today by Libya's chief pathologist amid international concern over the circumstances of the strongman's death, in light of widespread images of a bloodied but alive Gadhafi...

An Arab Spring First:
Tunisia Votes

Oct 23, 2011 7:53 AM CDT

An Arab Spring First: Tunisia Votes

But many parties face accusations of shady financing

(Newser) - With Tunisians voting today in the Middle East's first elections since the dawn of the Arab Spring, analysts and citizens alike are looking to the vote for a sense of where Tunisia and democracy in the region might be heading, reports the AP . Tunisia's 7.5 million voters...

In His Final Days,
Gadhafi Tired
of Struggle

Oct 23, 2011 6:46 AM CDT

In His Final Days, Gadhafi Tired of Struggle

Aide describes dictator's end, hiding around Sirte

(Newser) - Long accustomed to luxury, Moammar Gadhafi spent his last days shuffling between safe houses in a residential section of Sirte, eking out an increasingly frustrated existence on pasta and rice his guards swiped from empty houses, reports the New York Times . “He would say: ‘Why is there...

Clinton Gets Gadhafi
News on BlackBerry

Oct 20, 2011 11:50 AM CDT

Clinton Gets Gadhafi News on BlackBerry

And she says ... 'wow'

(Newser) - So how does a world leader react to big world news? Pretty much the way everyone else does, apparently. "Wow," says Hillary Clinton when she sees unconfirmed reports of Moammar Gadhafi's capture on her BlackBerry. "Huh." (See the CBS video below.) Then she tells...

Don't Shoot, Cried
Gadhafi: Reports

Oct 20, 2011 10:14 AM CDT

Don't Shoot, Cried Gadhafi: Reports

Libya PM confirms death; White House expected to comment soon

(Newser) - The graphic photos have been making the rounds (if you've haven't seen them, and can stomach it, page through the gallery), as updates on the death of Moammar Gadhafi pour in. The news remains unconfirmed by US officials, but the AP reports that reaction from the White House...

US Eyed Cyberattack on Libya

Oct 18, 2011 8:09 AM CDT

US Eyed Cyberattack on Libya

Use of cyberweapons was debated, then rejected

(Newser) - The Pentagon seriously considered unleashing a cyberattack on Libya to take out the Gadhafi regime's air defenses before airstrikes began in March, officials say. But after an intense debate, administration officials decided against using a cyberattack to shield allied aircraft, the New York Times reports. The cyberattack option was...