o discussion of the year 2011 can be complete without a reference to what's been termed Arab Spring. The political phenomenon has the potential to have an extraordinary impact on ARCHAEOLOGY for years ...

More than a year after the start of the “Arab Spring”, it is possible to draw up a provisional balance sheet. Since January last year, popular rebellions have deposed a number of hated dictators ...

Until now, the Arab Spring has felt like a wash in domestic political terms. Conservatives have charged Obama with “losing” Egypt to the Islamists after mishandling the region’s politics. Just last ...

Soldiers shed their uniforms and slip away into the crowds. Families, jubilant and tearful, comb the dungeons of the old regime in search of loved ones, or traces of them. Bedraggled young men in ...

Libya seems relentlessly committed to proving the pessimists wrong. When last year’s revolution quickly evolved into a brutal civil war, the international community — and indeed many Libyans — warned ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab women played a central role in the Arab Spring, but their hopes the revolts would bring greater freedom and expanded rights for women have been thwarted by entrenched ...

Reporting from Cairo — Artillery shells and airstrikes, not placards and peaceful protests, sent Moammar Kadafi fleeing from his fortress: The Libyan uprising has made it clear that even the most ...

As the world watches for Gadhafi's now seemingly inevitable end, a certain uneasiness has set in regarding the next chapter in Libyan politics. Will the rebels be able to establish a rule of law and ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Early results from Libya's first election since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi show Islamist parties failing to secure the same grip on power as counterparts in neighbouring countries ...