News headlines for “Crisis in Libya”, page 88
Amid Turmoil, a Nuke-Free Middle East May Be in Jeopardy
- Inter Press Service
A proposed international conference on a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, tentatively scheduled for 2012, may be in jeopardy amid the growing political turmoil sweeping across the Arab world - and Israel's fears of negative fallout on its own security.
Battle Continues for Libya's Misurata
- Inter Press Service
Libya's opposition fighters are battling Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the country's western border, while fighting continues in the besieged city of Misurata.
BAHRAIN: McCarthyism in Manama?
- Inter Press Service
As the savage crackdown on the majority Shiite opposition movement drags on in Bahrain, King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa's military regime — backed by the hefty armed forces of Sunni- dominated Saudi Arabia — has moved from launching outright assaults on peaceful protestors on the streets of Manama in broad daylight into the murky waters of what experts are calling state terror, featuring all the old tactics of petrifying a population into submission.
YEMEN: Children Dragged Into Dangerous Protests
- Inter Press Service
Children are increasingly facing frontline risks at Yemen’s anti-government protests. Parents are bringing them to demonstrations in the belief that they too are necessary for sacrifices in the revolution against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
GCC Brokers Power Transfer for Yemen's Embattled Leader
- Inter Press Service
The official Yemeni opposition group, the Joint Meetings Party (JMP), has announced it will sign a deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Wednesday which will officially transfer President Ali Abdullah Saleh's powers, temporarily, to his vice president Abd al-Rab Mansur al Hadi.
Friends or Foes, Syria's Neighbours Wary of Assad's Ouster
- Inter Press Service
As Syria accelerates a violent crackdown on opposition demonstrators, the country's rising instability and uncertain future are already reverberating beyond its borders in Iran, Israel, Lebanon and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Toll Rises as Army Storms Syrian Towns
- Inter Press Service
Syrian troops backed by tanks and heavy armour have stormed the southern town of Deraa and also Douma, a suburb of the capital Damascus, resulting in many deaths and dozens of arrests.
Arab Refugees Suffer Mind Disorders
- Inter Press Service
Amidst the political upheavals across the Arab world, a new U.N. study highlights the need for neurological health services to monitor brain disorders among displaced people.
Arab Spring Stalls as U.S. Defers to Saudi 'Counter-revolution'
- Inter Press Service
As the so-called Arab Spring enters its sixth month, it appears to have run into seriously wintry headwinds.
Two-Faced Arab League Losing Ground
- Inter Press Service
As the Cairo-based Arab League continues to back western military intervention in support of the popular rebellion in Libya, the League's failure to back similar uprisings in other Arab countries - most notably Bahrain - has led to charges of double standards.
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