Crucial Turkey peace advance offers new chance to achieve accord with Kurds in the entire region
Middle East articles on Democracy Chronicles
View news about the struggle for democracy in the troubled Middle East where vast cultural change and persistent political violence cry out for democracy. Also see our World Democracy section and our articles on the ongoing Arab Spring.
Kuwait Toughens Tweeter’s Jail Sentence
As Kuwait continues to see social massive change, Tweeter’s jail sentence shows crisis
Saudi Shiite Clerics Arrested by Dictatorship
Saudi Shiite clerics arrested in continued policy of force and coercion leaving minority in peril
Major Saudi Protest for Women’s Rights
Women face harshest restrictions in the world including prohibition from driving sparking a new movement to increase Saudi protest for women’s rights
Syria Dictatorship in Threat to Jordan and Lebanon
New threat to Jordan and Lebanon as violence rages in conflict and creating flush with refugees
Tunisian Elections Set For Fall 2013
An official election timetable has been proposed for the nation that ignited the Arab Spring of 2011. Tunisian elections ahead
Netanyahu Forms New Government in Israel
Netanyahu Forms New Government: New faces lacking as Israel Prime Minister prepares to form new government
Kurdish Jerusalem Remains Thorn in Iraq’s Side
Conflict between Kurdish north and Arab south plague Iraq’s politics including in Kirkuk, an ancient city known in English as the Kurdish Jerusalem
An Unexpected Friendship Between Somalia and Israel
Somalia and Israel: Since I was born I could hear waves of hatred and prejudice pouring upon Jews for unexplained reasons apparently associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict
New Study Tallies Huge Cost of Iraq War
Cost of Iraq war in hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars says new analysis