Introduction to the evening news 16-06-2012

Egypt chooses its fate, rather the fate of the Arab Spring and probably that of the entire Arab region. Will Ahmad Shafiq revive the bygone Arab regime, or will Mohammad Mursi introduce the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood to the heart of the Arab region?  Will a third bloc boycott the vote, excluding both these options and continuing to raise the revolution slogan? The result will be revealed by the ballot boxes, but what is certain is that the elected president will rule with no constitution or parliament, in a country where the Military Council is still defending all the privileges it accumulated since 1952.      

Another event that will no doubt impact the future of the Arab region is the death of the Saudi Crown Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz that might create conflicts between the members of the royal family, especially that Prince Salman, his successor candidate, does not seem in an excellent health condition.           

Faces are changing in the Arab world, but the bloodshed in Syria is still ongoing as U.N. monitors suspended their mission today in protest of the escalation of violence in the past 10 days.            

In Lebanon, the wound of Nahr el Bared bled again when young boy Ahmad Qassem was killed and five other Palestinians were injured due to clashes at the army’s checkpoint at the camp’s entrance. This scene reminded the Lebanese of the tragedy that destroyed the camp and displaced its residents.