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World Apr 28

Riots in crisis-hit Lebanon reflect growing poverty, despair

Hundreds of protesters have set fire to two banks and hurled stones at soldiers who responded with tear gas and batons in the northern city of Tripoli.

World Jun 12

Sudan protestors end strike and plan to resume talks with army

Security forces have killed over 100 people in the capital and across the country in a sweeping crackdown, according to protest organizers.

World Jun 10

Sudan’s military blames protest leaders for escalation of strike

For the second day, shops and businesses were closed in the capital, Khartoum.

World Jun 09

General strike launched in Sudan after security crackdown

Shops were closed and streets were empty across Sudan on Sunday, the first day of a general strike called for the start of the workweek by protest leaders demanding the resignation of the ruling military council.

World Jun 08

Sudan protesters call for civil disobedience to push army

Pro-democracy protest leaders on Saturday called on Sudanese to take part in acts of civil disobedience in a bid to pressure the military to hand over power after the deadly break-up of their main sit-in in the capital of Khartoum…

World Jun 04

Sudanese forces clash with protesters in the capital

The protest movement comes one day after security forces cleared the demonstrators' main sit-in camp in Khartoum in a bloody crackdown.

World Jun 03

Sudan troops attack a protest camp, killing 30

In videos posted online amid the early morning assault, civilians were seen running through streets lined with sit-in tents, heads down, as the sound of gunfire filled the air.

World Apr 14

Syrians gather in capital in defiance after airstrikes

Immediately after the attack, hundreds of residents gathered in Damascus' landmark Omayyad square, celebrating what they said was the army's success in shooting down or derailing some of the missiles.

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