South Sudan president names new cabinet
Hereward Holland, REUTERS JUBA
South Sudan’s president replaced the caretaker government that has overseen the country since independence last month and named a team of new ministers including finance, foreign affairs and energy, the government said. The new line-up better reflects the country’s diverse ethnic mix and contains more faces from the country’s different regions, local media said on Saturday. South Sudan broke away from the north on July 9 following a January referendum, splitting Africa’s biggest country in two.
Africa’s newest state is also one of the world’s poorest and President Salva Kiir is grappling with a string of border disputes with the north and disagreements with Khartoum over oil revenues, currency and debt.
Some observers criticized Mr. Kiir’s caretaker cabinet for being dominated by his Dinka community and another,
Syria’s youth coalition accuses Hezbollah of role in Assad’s brutal crackdown
MUSTAPHA AJBAILI, Al Arabiya And Agencies
Youth Coalition of the Syrian Revolution leader Wahid Saqr on Friday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah group of having
Syria’s youth coalition accuses Hezbollah of role in Assad’s brutal crackdown
MUSTAPHA AJBAILI, Al Arabiya And Agencies
Youth Coalition of the Syrian Revolution leader Wahid Saqr on Friday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah group of having
Saif al-Islam: Libya’s Al-Sahaf
By Tariq Alhomayed
For several years our region has been considered a source of entertainment for the rest of world.
Kurd leader condemns Turkish shelling in Iraq
23 Aug 2011 (The Daily Star) IRBIL, Iraq: Turkish aircraft bombed north Iraq Monday, the sixth day of a 
Libya rebels capture Qaddafi’s compound in Tripoli, seize rifles from armory
ABEER TAYEL, TRIPOLI LIBYA
Rebel fighters captured Muammar Qaddafi’s heavily defended Bab al-Aziziya compound and headquarters in Tripoli 
Libyan rebels celebrate victory in Tripoli, reports say Qaddafi still in capital
Jubilant crowds of Libyans gathered in Tripoli’s central Green Square Monday to celebrate a hard-fought victory
Explosions and gunfire rock besieged Tripoli
Residents say they could hear shooting from several locations and there were anti-Gaddafi protesters in the streets.
MPs and politicians: Al- Wefaq uses threats, accusations and blasphemy as escalation methods
MPs and politicians: Al- Wefaq uses threats, accusations and blasphemy as escalation methods
President Obama says Assad’s time is up, slaps tough sanctions on Syria
US President Barack Obama on Thursday said it was time for Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to resign, and said 
