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15/03/2012 - LEBANON

Injured Syrians treated in Lebanon

A year after the uprising began, more and more wounded Syrians are entering Lebanon. Over the last few months, three hospitals in the northern town Tripoli have set aside wards to treat Syrian refugees hurt in the violence across the border. The issue is sensitive, with Lebanon's current government dominated by factions close to Bashar al-Assad's regime.

17/02/2012 - LIBYA

Reining in Libya's militias

A year ago they rose up to take on Muammar Gaddafi's brutal regime. Today, Libya's revolutionary militias patrol the streets, man checkpoints and control access to Tripoli's airport. But Amnesty International has warned of human rights abuses, and says that these groups now pose a threat to the country's stability. Meanwhile, the government appears incapable of bringing the various factions in line.

14/02/2012 - BAHRAIN

Bahrain marks first anniversary of uprising

A year ago, the Arab Spring's wave of protests reached the tiny Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain. This week, the country's Shiite protesters are marking the anniversary of their uprising, and repeating demands for constitutional reform and better access to high-level jobs. Despite its small size, Bahrain lies on the frontier between Western powers and their allies on one hand, and an expansionist Shiite Iran on the other.

20/01/2012 - SYRIA

Army tanks pull back from rebel-held town Zabadani

The mountain town Zabadani, a rebel stronghold near Syria's border with Lebanon, was under siege for a month. Despite a week-long assault by government forces, the rebels drove back the army's tanks. The town is still starved of fuel and food, but as the Arab League's Syrian observer mission ended, residents of Zabadani enjoyed a fragile calm.

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10/12/2011 - THE INTERVIEW

Tarak Ben Ammar, international movie producer and distributor

Tarak Ben Ammar worked as a producer on Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic “Black Gold”, a movie that kicked off this year's Doha Tribeca Fim Festival. It traces the seeds of the oil war in the 1930s Gulf between American companies, Arabs and the nomadic Bedouins. “Black Gold” was filmed in Tunisia during the Jasmine Revolution.

08/12/2011 - SYRIA

Assad denies ordering killing of protesters

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has given his first interview to an American television station since the beginning of the popular uprising in his country back in March. In the interview with ABC News, Assad denied ordering a brutal crackdown on civilian protesters, instead blaming the violence on religious extremists.

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06/12/2011 - THE INTERVIEW

Stéphane Hessel, Author of 'Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous'

Stéphane Hessel, French resistance hero and author of the best-selling booklet "Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous" gives Melissa Bell his point of view on movements such as "Occupy Wall Street" or Spain’s Indignados. He tells us that the real question is how these movements can translate in something more long-term.

25/11/2011 - THE DEBATE

Syria crisis: world weighs options (part 2)

What will the endgame look like in Syria? The international community is now more or less agreed that the regime of Bashar al Assad is finished. What’s not certain is how long that regime can last. Will it be sanctions, a military intervention or an armed uprising that brings change?

25/11/2011 - THE DEBATE

Syria crisis: world weighs options

24/11/2011 - YEMEN

What next for Ali Abdullah Saleh?

Is it the end of the line for Ali Abdullah Saleh? Or could the Yemeni president still have a hand in his country's future? Despite signing over power to his deputy, and despite Yemeni protesters wanting to put him on trial, the man hailed as the great survivor of the Arab Spring may still be able pull strings in his country's political future.

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