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West Asia
Pro-Gov’t Syrians Attend Funeral For Those Killed In A Car Bomb Explosion That Killed 42 People
In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians take part in a funeral procession for those killed in a car bomb explosion at a headquarters of a pro-government militia late Monday in the central town of Salamiya in Hama province, Syria. The…
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South East Asia
Palestinians Attend A Ceremony Marking The Birth Of Prophet Mohammed In Old City Of Jerusalem
Muslims pray during a commemoration of Prophet Mohammed’s birthday at the Monas field in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 24, 2013. <Xinhua/Veri Sanovri> Yemeni members of Shiite sect hold green flags with Arabic that reads, “at your order, oh messenger of Allah!” during the celebration of moulid al-nabi, the birth of Islam’s…
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West Asia
About 56.5 Percent Of Registered Voters Cast Their Ballots In Jordanian Parliamentary Election
Election officials count votes in Amman, Jordan, Jan. 23, 2013. About 56.5 percent of the registered voters cast their ballots Wednesday to elect members of the 17th lower house of parliament, the election commission said. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> A member of the Jordanian Independent Electoral Commission, walks past a large…
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West Asia
Egyptian Protesters Tear Down Cement Wall Built To Block Them From Reaching Parliament
Egyptian protesters gather near Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2012. Egypt’s black-clad riot police fired tear gas in fierce dawn clashes with dozens of protesters on Thursday when they tried to tear down a cement wall built to prevent demonstrators from reaching parliament and the Cabinet building.…
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West Asia
Protesters Dance During Demonstration By Thousands Of Iraqi Sunnis In Ramadi, West Of Baghdad
Protesters dance during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Thousands of Iraqi Sunnis massed along a major western highway in a demonstration, intensifying pressure on the Shiite-led government. Protesters chant slogans against Iraq’s Shiite-led government during a demonstration in Ramadi,…
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The new old year
NEW YORK ― Any look back at 2012 would necessarily focus on three parts of the world: the eurozone, with its seemingly endless financial uncertainties; the Middle East, with its many upheavals, including, but hardly limited to, the Muslim Brotherhood’s accession to power in Egypt and Syria’s savage civil war,…
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West Asia
Women Officers Commissioned To Afghan National Army After Graduation Ceremony In Herat, Afghanistan
Women officers of Afghan National Army march during their graduation ceremony, in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat on Jan. 23, 2013. Nearly two dozen of newly graduate women were commissioned to Afghan National Army in Herat on Wednesday, an army official said. Women officers of Afghan National Army hold their…
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West Asia
Libya’s General National Congress Launches A Campaign To Take Part In Making New Constitution In Tripoli
Dr. Juma Attiga, deputy chairman of Libya’s General National Congress, speaks during the launching ceremony in Tripoli, Libya, Jan. 23, 2013. The Forum for Democratic Libya (FDL) in coordination with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday launched a dialogue initiative, dubbed “I want in my constitution,” to take…
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West Asia
Jordan’s Parliamentary Election Held For The First Time After Last Year’s Contitutional Amendment
A Jordanian woman casts her vote at a polling station during the first hours of the Jordanian Parliamentary elections, in Al-Salt, Jordan, Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013. Jordan’s monarchy has touted Wednesday’s parliamentary election as a watershed in the kingdom’s democratization. It is the first after last year’s constitutional amendments that…
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West Asia
