Supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi held marches in Cairo and other cities across the country Oct. 4, Ahram Online reported.
Rebel fighters, including foreign Islamists, took control of a military post on Syria's southern border with Jordan on Sept. 28 after four days of fighting with government forces, activists said, Reuters reported.
Russia is willing to ensure security and help guard the facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Sept. 26, AP reported.
U.S., Russian, British, French and Chinese officials will meet in New York on Sept. 17 to discuss a U.N. Security Council draft on Syria, Al Arabiya reported.
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad el-Haddad was arrested Sept. 17 in Cairo's Nasr City along with former Qalyubia Gov. Hossam Abu el-Bakr, Ahram Online reported.
Although popular uprisings and widespread calls for change continue throughout the region, the Arab Spring has not led to regime change. Even in the exceptional case of Libya, where the regime collapsed, a new order remains elusive. The mass unrest that broke out in 2011 has destabilized the region and plunged it into a lengthy period of uncertainty.
