CNN’s coverage of unrest in Middle East and North Africa
Unrest has spread across countries in the Middle East and North Africa including Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain and Oman. Click here for a country-by-country breakdown of the nations facing unrest.
CNN staff are newsgathering and reporting for all of CNN Worldwide’s platforms in these regions, providing comprehensive live coverage across: CNN/U.S. and CNN International on television; CNN.com; CNN’s free apps for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch; and CNNArabic.com, and CNN’s Arabic language website based in Dubai which draws upon CNN’s global resources of journalists and video production.
Libya
Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN)
Nic Robertson(@nicrobertsonCNN)
Reza Sayah (@sayahCNN)
Cairo
Ivan Watson (@ivanCNN)
Abu Dhabi
Stan Grant (@StanGrantCNN)
Mohammed Jamjoom (@jamjoomcnn)
Errol Barnett (@ErrolCNN)
Paris
Brussels
Paula Newton (@paulanewtoncnn)
Italy
Diana Magnay (@dimagnaycnn)
Please find the latest news deployment on our CNN Press Room site and below:
http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/18/libyanorth-africamiddle-east-coverage/
Follow the latest tweets from the CNN news team based across the region http://twitter.com/cnni/arabunrest
All the latest details on programming, deployment etc on the press room website – www.cnnpressroom.com
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Recent reports from CNN staff in the Middle East, N. Africa:
Articles
In Syrian flashpoint town, more deaths reported
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1629 GMT (0029 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/25/syria.unrest/index.html?hpt=T1#
In Yemen, a day of rival demonstrations
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1627 GMT (0027 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/25/yemen.unrest/index.html#
NATO gets key support as it readies to lead Libya mission
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1508 GMT (2308 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/25/libya.war/index.html#
Obama juggles Libya promises, realities
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1608 GMT (0008 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/25/obama.libya/index.html?hpt=T2#
Syrian protests thrust president into new spotlight
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 25, 2011 — Updated 0151 GMT (0951 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/24/syria.al.assad.profile/index.html?hpt=T1#
Unrest: Middle East and North Africa, country by country
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1544 GMT (2344 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/25/middle.east.africa.unrest/index.html?hpt=T1#
NATO gets key support as it readies to lead Libya mission
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1508 GMT (2308 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/25/libya.war/index.html?hpt=T2#
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Nearly one million flee Abidjan amid fears of war, U.N. says
By Faith Karimi, CNN
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1344 GMT (2144 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/25/ivory.coast.violence/index.html#
NATO announces agreement on enforcing no-fly zone over Libya
From Elise Labott and Paula Newton, CNN
March 25, 2011 — Updated 0132 GMT (0932 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/24/libya.nato/index.html#
Libyan groups plot political strategy, seek support against Gadhafi
From Paul Courson, CNN
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1447 GMT (2247 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/24/us.libyan.groups/index.html#
Kurds in Syria ‘waiting to take to the streets,’ academic says
By David Wilkinson, CNN
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1140 GMT (1940 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/24/syria.kurds/index.html?hpt=T1#
Energized Muslim Brotherhood in Libya eyes a prize
By Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, CNN
March 25, 2011 — Updated 1131 GMT (1931 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/25/libya.islamists/index.html?hpt=T2#
Video
Syrian protests small but spreading
Added On March 25, 2011
CNN’s Hala Gorani explains though small the protests in Syria are significant because they are spreading.
Bullets fired into Libyan maternity ward
Added On March 25, 2011
A doctor describes the night bullets came through the window of a maternity ward in Benghazi. ITN’s Mark Austin reports.
Nato announces agreement on Libya
Added On March 25, 2011
CNN’s Paula Newton reports on a deal meaning NATO will assume command of one part of the Libya mission.
Should Ghadafi face war crime charges?
Added On March 25, 2011
CNN’s Lisa Sylvester reports on Moammar Gadhafi potentially dealing with war crimes charges.