Surf Arab States

Arab States Weekly Review April 14th – 20th 2012

Egypt’s election committee disqualified ten candidates from running in the planned presidential elections, including Omar Suleiman (Mubarak’s spy chief), Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater, and an ultra conservative, Hazem Abu Ismail.

Syrian forces attacked residential areas across the country, disregarding the arrival of UN peace monitors. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon requested the UN increase its number of observers to 300.