Topic: Middle East (page 35)

Demonstrators rally against the Syrian regime's crackdown on protesters, outside the Syrian embassy in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Syrian troops backed by tanks entered several southern villages near the flashpoint city of Daraa on Tuesday, according to an activist, as the Syrian government pressed its efforts to end a nationwide uprising. Writing in Arabic on t-shirts showing the Syrian flag reads "The people want to topple the regime". (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid) (AP)

Zeina Karam
In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrian anti-government protesters shout slogans as they gather in the coastal town of Banias, Syria, Friday, May 6, 2011. Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters Friday, killing at least 16 people as thousands joined demonstrations across the country calling for an end to President Bashar Assad's regime, witnesses and activists said. (AP Photo) (AP)

Bassem Mroue
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian students shout supportive slogans to Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, as he arrives to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier during Martyrs day in Kasiyoun mountain in Damascus, Syria, Friday, May 6, 2011. Syrian activists say security forces are taking strict measures around the country as anti-regime protesters prepare for a new day of demonstrations. (AP Photo/SANA) EDITORIAL USE ONLY (AP)

Bassem Mroue
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The Associated Press
In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired Saturday April 23, 2011, by The AP, Syrian anti-government protesters carry the coffin of an activist who was killed on Friday during his funeral procession in Quaboun near Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Syrian security forces fired on tens of thousands of mourners during funeral processions Saturday, killing several people following the deadliest day of the uprising against authoritarian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo) (Str)

Justin Elliott
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Bassem Mroue
An American flag is placed in a dirt-filled barrier outside the headquarters of 3rd Platoon, 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Divivion, at Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar July 22, 2010.

Tom Engelhardt
People in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad celebrate Osama bin Laden's killing May 2, 2011.

David Sirota
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Bin Laden's death: New details emerge

Natasha Lennard
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, anti-government protesters demonstrate in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Osama bin Laden and his jihadi rhetoric once resonated with millions, especially those in the Arab world who saw militant Islam as their best hope for throwing off the shackles of corrupt, oppressive governments. But 10 years after 9/11, the dominant theme in the uprisings across the Middle East is a clamor for democracy _ with al-Qaida's militant ideology largely relegated to the sidelines. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File) (AP)

Peter Finocchiaro
Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh leaves a mosque after Friday prayers in Gaza City, Friday, April 29, 2011. Officials from the rival Fatah and Hamas movements said Wednesday, they have reached an initial agreement on ending a four-year-old rift that has left them divided between rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) (AP)

Muslim world's mixed response to bin Laden's death

Natasha Lennard
In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrians gather after Friday prayers during an anti-government protest in the coastal city of Banias, Syria, Friday, April 29, 2011. Thousands of Syrian protesters chanting "We are not afraid!" were met with bullets and tear gas Friday as security forces opened fire, killing more than 40 people. Many of the dead were villagers who tried to break a military blockade in the city at the heart of the six-week uprising, witnesses said. (AP Photo) (AP)

Diaa Hadid, Bassem Mroue
Libyan rebel fighters take positions in the besieged city of Misrata, Libya, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. NATO warplanes pounded forces loyal to Libyan leader Moaamar Gadhafi attacking the rebel-held city of Misrata, blasting fighting vehicles advancing on the port that serves as the besieged city's sole lifeline, a NATO spokeswoman said on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (AP)

Karin Laub, Maggie Michael
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Bassem Mroue
Palestinians wave flags and chant slogans in support of a reconciliation between the rival Fatah and Hamas movements, in Gaza City, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Palestinians have reached initial agreement on reuniting their rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza, officials from both sides said Wednesday, a step that would remove a main obstacle in the way of peace efforts with Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (AP)

Natasha Lennard
In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the Associated Press, a Syrian boy carries a board that reads:" stop the killing," during a protest in Daraya, southwest of Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 25, 2011. In a terrifying escalation of Syria's crackdown on dissent, thousands of soldiers backed by tanks poured Monday into the southern city of Daraa, on the Jordanian border, the city where the uprising began, opening fire indiscriminately on civilians and killing at least 11 people, witnesses said. Knife-wielding security agents did house-to-house sweeps in what activists called a campaign to intimidate protesters. (AP Photo) (AP)

Bassem Mroue
Egyptians shout anti-Mubarak slogans as they demonstrate in front of the hospital where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 82, is being hospitalized in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak was put under detention in his hospital room Wednesday for investigation on accusations of corruption, abuse of power and killings of protesters in a dramatic step Wednesday that brought celebrations from the movement that drove him from office. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

Glenn Greenwald
Threatened and fallen dictator friends of the United States. Clockwise from upper left: Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, Bahrain's Hamad bin Isa Khalifa, Tunisia's Ben Ali and Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh

Alfred McCoy, Brett Reilly
Supporters of an Islamic group wave their party flags as they protest against the Syrian regime, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday April 22, 2011. The demonstration in support of the "Syrian people" was called for by the Tahrir Party. It was not granted a license from the interior ministry. Syrian security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on demonstrations that started last month, killing more than 200 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Matthew Lee
In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired Saturday April 23, 2011, by The Associated Press, Syrian anti-government protesters carry the coffin of an activist who was killed on Friday during his funeral procession in Quaboun near Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Syrian security forces fired on tens of thousands of mourners during funeral processions Saturday, killing several people following the deadliest day of the uprising against authoritarian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo) (AP)

Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Diaa Hadid
A Yemeni army officer, center, reacts as he and other officers join anti-government protestors in a demonstration demanding the resignation of of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, April 24, 2011. Yemen's embattled president agreed to a proposal by Gulf Arab mediators to step down within 30 days and hand power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution, a major about-face for the autocratic leader who has ruled for 32 years. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

Ahmed Al-haj, Jason Keyser
Anti-government protestors hold up a defaced poster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration demanding his resignation in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. A Yemeni opposition activist said a gunmen on A motorcycle opened fire at hundreds of demonstrators camped out overnight in a western port city, killing at least one and wounding several protesters. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

Ahmed Al-haj
Supporters of an Islamic group wave their party flags as they protest against the Syrian regime, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday April 22, 2011. The demonstration in support of the "Syrian people" was called for by the Tahrir Party. It was not granted a license from the interior ministry. Syrian security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on demonstrations that started last month, killing more than 200 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Bassem Mroue
A Yemeni boy with writing on his face in Arabic which reads, "Leave" stands with his father during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The head of a regional Gulf Arab political group was in Yemen on Thursday to lead a fresh effort to find a way out for the country's embattled president who has faced two months of mass protests demanding his ouster. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

Ahmed Al-haj
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