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After the Arab Spring

Syrian Internet largely restored after blackout

Communications resume across country after two-day shutdown; Reports of Syrian troops in major offensive on villages and towns near capital's airport

Dec 1, 2012

Thousands march in Cairo in support of Morsi

Backers of Egyptian president hope turnout will counteract rallies opposing new constitution drafted by panel dominated by Islamists

Dec 1, 2012

Women's equality absent from Egyptian constitution

A clause that guaranteed equality for women in Egypt was removed from the draft constitution; One blogger fears for her rights

Nov 30, 2012

An Egyptian man dressed as a pharaoh holds a banner bearing a portrait of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi flanked by portraits of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square Nov. 30, 2012.

Egypt protesters erupt upon constitution's passage

Thousands take to the streets after Egyptian president's Islamist allies OK draft document giving shariah law big role in gov't

Nov 30, 2012

Assad gov't continues to block Internet in Syria

Regime pulled plug on country's Internet access, blames rebel fighters for continued phone outages; Lebanese fighting alongside Syrian rebels reported killed

Nov 30, 2012

Judge Hossam El-Gheriany, chairman of the constituent assembly, looks on as members of Egypt's constituent assembly discuss of the last voting session on a new draft constitution at the Shoura Assembly on November 29, 2012 in Cairo.

Egypt assembly rushes to vote on constitution

Islamist-dominated council acts without participation of liberal and Christian members, aiming to pre-empt court ruling

Nov 29, 2012

In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke leaps the air from a building after a warplane attack in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.

Battles rage in Damascus as Syria cuts Internet

Fighting around capital's airport as Assad regime takes unprecedented move to shutter Internet access nationwide

Nov 29, 2012

Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir Square in Cairo Nov. 28, 2012.

Egypt clashes cut off access to U.S. Embassy

American Embassy closes after opposition protesters, riot police block approaches to building; Embassy doesn't appear to be target

Nov 29, 2012

Stones litter the street as protesters face Egyptian riot Police during clashes on Omar Makram street, off Tahrir Square, on November 28, 2012 in Cairo.

Egyptian courts go on strike to protest Morsi decrees

Protests over president's self-appointed powers calmed, while Islamist rushed to complete a new constitution

Nov 28, 2012

Firsthand view of deadly car bombing in Syria

CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports from a Syrian neighborhood where 34 people were killed by two car bombs

Nov 28, 2012

Egypt court suspends work to protest Morsi move

Two highest appeals courts suspend work to protest decrees giving Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi nearly absolute powers

Nov 28, 2012

A protester holds a placard against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at an opposition rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo Nov. 27, 2012.

Egypt protests calmer after big show against Morsi

Determined demonstrators leave young democracy with stalemate as president refuses to back down after seizing broad new powers

Nov 28, 2012

Syrians stand near a burning truck that was destroyed by two car bombs in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus, Syria, Nov. 28, 2012, in this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA.

Deadly car bombing in Syrian capital suburb

Twin car bombs kill at least 34 people in Damascus suburb mostly loyal to President Bashar Assad

Nov 28, 2012

A Syrian soldier explains to CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer about the situation in Homs from a damaged building.

A dangerous look into battle-ravaged Syria

CBS News makes its way into Homs, a city that has experienced among the worst devastation in the country's civil war

Nov 27, 2012

Egyptian protesters attend an opposition rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012.

Thousands of Egyptians protest Morsi's decrees

Over 200,000 people thronged Cairo's Tahrir Square, demonstrating against Islamist president amid his assertion of near-absolute powers

Nov 27, 2012

Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo Nov. 27, 2012.

Egypt protesters clash with police as rally builds

Police fire tear gas into crowds after hundreds of demonstrators pelt authorities with rocks near U.S. Embassy

Nov 27, 2012

Syrian jets bomb rebel positions outside Damascus

Opposition fighters have staged hit-and-run attacks across the country, seizing military bases and munitions, but retreat under fire from Syrian warplanes