Until recently, Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad was seen as the dictator who succeeded in stopping the domino effect of Arab revolutions, which started from Tunisia at the end of 2010...

The chairman of Algeria’s Constitutional Council, Tayeb Belaiz, resigned on Tuesday, state news agency APS said. Mr Belaiz submitted his resignation to interim president Abdelkader Bensalah, the agency said,...

Algerian opposition groups on Tuesday announced plans to boycott upcoming presidential polls scheduled for July 4, reports Anadolu Agency. In a joint statement, several leading opposition parties – including...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Algerian counterpart Sabri Bukadum have discussed the prospects of bilateral relations and conflict settlement in the Middle East and North Africa, the...

About 40 out of 1541 mayors in Algeria announced on Sunday that they refuse to participate in the presidential elections scheduled for July 4, in solidarity with the protest...

France is the last country which could lecture Turkey on genocide and history, Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday, blasting a French declaration this week on the events of 1915 between Turkey and Armenia

Thousands of protesters gathered in Algiers for an eighth successive Friday to demand the departure of the ruling elite as Algeria prepares for a presidential election in July. President...

A retired Algerian General announced on Thursday his intention to run in the presidential election scheduled for 4 July, which is the first announcement to run for this electoral...

Algerians, Wednesday, began a general strike accompanied by demonstrations in several cities. These protests were to express the public’s rejection of Abdelkader Bensalah’s assumption of the presidency following Abdelaziz...

Algeria’s interim President Abdelkader Bensaleh on Tuesday said he will work for holding transparent and fair elections within 90 days, says Anadolu Agency. “I will work for holding elections...

Parliament Speaker Abdelkader Bensaleh on Tuesday was appointed Algeria’s interim president, becoming the fifth person to hold the post since the country’s independence from France in 1962. On Tuesday,...

Tunisia’s former president, Moncef Marzouki, on Tuesday described the recent rotation of power in Algeria as “one of the most successful revolutions of the Arab Spring”. “There has been...

Algeria’s interim president was quickly rejected by thousands of protesters on Tuesday after he was named by parliament to take charge during a volatile transition period after decades of...

Algeria’s parliament today appointed its upper house chairman Abdelkader Bensalah as interim president following the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika after weeks of mass protests against his rule. Protesters, who...

There is no doubt that the Algerian revolution achieved a great victory by ousting the head of state, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was forced to step down in the...

Algeria’s parliament on Tuesday will elect a new interim president, state news agency APS said on Saturday, after veteran ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned following mass protests. Bouteflika ended 20...

There are two opposing scenes in the region right now: the first is the 30th Arab Summit convening in Tunisia, and the second is the scene of millions of Algerians...

Thousands of Algerian protestors yesterday took to the streets for the seventh week running, despite the fact that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his resignation earlier this week. Protestors are...

Algeria’s Intelligence Chief Bachir Tartag has been dismissed and his position annexed to the country’s Ministry of National Defence, local media announced yesterday. Quoting unnamed sources, the private channel...

An Israeli court yesterday extended the detention of Mustafa Kharouf, a Palestinian photojournalist who works for Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, in the West Bank. The Central Court in occupied East...

The resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algeria and the mass popular revolutionary movement spreading across the spectrum in Sudan was the practical decisive response to claims that the...

Head of Movement of Society for Peace Abderrazak Makri commented, on Wednesday, on the scene in his country after the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, talking about what he...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations said he looked forward to a peaceful and democratic transition that reflects the will of the Algerian people

Ali Haddad, pro-Bouteflika businessman and main funders of Bouteflika’s electoral campaigns was arrested by Algerian police, in Algiers, shortly after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned yesterday. He is facing corruption...

Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to six weeks of largely peaceful mass protests driven by youth and pressure from the powerful army against his 20-year rule

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to quit by April 28 “will change nothing” and demonstrations will continue, a protest leader said on Tuesday, indicating popular pressure for more far-reaching...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has agreed to step down before his term ends on 28 April, conceding to the demands of millions of people who have demonstrated for weeks...

The Algerian authorities are investigating seven Algerian businesspeople on corruption charges after confiscating their passports, reported Ennahar TV on Monday. The investigations included the families and relatives of the businessmen...

Algeria banned, on Sunday, all private planes from taking off or landing at the country’s airports until the end of April, following reports about the escape of state officials...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika might resign this week, the private Ennahar and El Bilad TV channels said on Sunday, after mass protests and pressure from the army demanding he...

Algerian authorities expelled Reuters journalist Tarek Amara on Sunday after he was arrested for covering a protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a Reuters spokesman said. Amara, a Tunisian national,...

Arab leaders said on Sunday they would seek a UN Security Council resolution against the US decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and promised to support...