A fire that Mohammed al-Bouazizi ignited two years ago continued to burn for the second year as the battle to break down the old regimes and their associates in Syria, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Tunisia continued unabated.

The Syrian opposition destroyed 19 Mig fighting jets and 22 helicopters belonging to the regime’s air force in 2012, according to survey by the Union of the Syrian Revolution Local Coordination Committees.

The year 2012 began with major change in Iraq.U.S. troops pulled out of the country, ending a long war that started in 2003.

With the election of a new president and a transformed post-revolutionary political scene, 2012 has been a defining year for Egypt.

The Palestinian Authority is currently looking into the possibility of filing a complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel for arresting 900 Palestinian children in 2012.

Chairman of the Coordination Council of Sunni Seminaries of Sistan-Baluchistan, Shaikh Abdol-Hameed Ismaeelzahi, along with a group of Islamic scholars and social elders of Zahedan traveled to costal city of Chabahar on Friday, 30th Nov. 2012.

The Syrian regime has fired Scud missiles at rebel forces trying to oust Bashar al-Assad, a U.S. official said Wednesday, after Human Rights Watch (HRW) report warning that incendiary bombs were also used.

A new report commissioned by the Afghan finance ministry says deliberate deception and systematic failure led to the embezzlement of more than $900m from Kabul Bank, Afghanistan’s largest bank.

Teachers of Qur’anic schools and Islamic scholars of Sistan-Baluchistan’s remote areas gathered in Darululoom Zahedan, Iran, to share their views on Wednesday, 14th Nov. 2012.

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