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In an interview, Tunisian foreign minister says Western-led action in Libya in 2011 was reckless.

And that’s that for the Arab Spring.

Sometimes the only way to end a conflict is to forgive those who were behind it.

Tunisia’s democratic achievements are under threat. Here’s why a fake “national consensus” isn’t the answer.

How Assad’s forces bombed a democratic experiment into oblivion.

Tunisia is supposed to be the success story of the Arab Spring — so why are so many of its young men flocking to the Islamic State?

If you want to understand the Middle East (in Washington, D.C.), ditch the think-tank panels and catch the photo exhibits and hip-hop shows by Arab artists.

The intervention didn’t go according to plan. But the Democratic front-runner doesn’t think withdrawing from the Middle East is the answer.

Not too long ago, Ankara was working to promote democracy across its region. But an increasingly authoritarian President Erdogan has lost interest.

The Ennahda party was widely seen as a threat to Tunisia's democratic transition. Instead, it helped drive it forward.

Washington was also trying to protect Tunisia — and help keep the Arab Spring’s only success story from going off the rails.

Tunisia's uprising was a cry against pervasive corruption. Five years later, it's only gotten worse.

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To keep the armed forces happy, President Sisi is giving them Egypt’s economy.

In the new, democratic Tunisia, people are protesting again — and for the same reason as before.

The new parliament in Cairo is just a fig leaf for President Sisi's authoritarian rule.

Tunisia’s security state is threatening to undo the gains of the revolution.

Five years after a revolution transformed Tunisia, the country still has a long way to go on human rights.

Since the bus bombing that struck Tunis in late November, the city has been under strict curfew. Here's what it's like.

Tunisia's ruling Nidaa Tounes party has held the country together through its difficult democratic transition. But now it's falling apart.