Al-Monitor Week in Review: 5 Key Trends, from Mali to Qatar

Week in Review

Jan 27, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on the September attack on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya during a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3CUXG — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on the September attack on US diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya during a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 23, 2013. — REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Each week Al-Monitor provides unmatched original content from the Middle East to uncover the trends as we cover the news.

Here are just five of the trends we have been following this week based on reporting and analysis by our regional contributing writers and correspondents.

Egypt ‘s "deformed" democracy

As we write this, Egypt is again rocked by anti-government demonstrations which has sled to confrontations, violence and casualties.

Al-Monitor Week in Review: 5 Key Trends, from Mali to Qatar

A commentary and review of Al-Monitor’s coverage of the demonstrations in Egypt, the rise of "al-Qaeda 3.0," the linkages between Libya and Mali, Qatar’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood and Israel’s elections.

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