Despite weeks of massive demonstrations, the aging autocrat President Hosni Mubarak refuses to stand aside. Dateline's Amos Roberts arrived in Cairo as the protests began, filming with the activists who are fueling the rebellion.
In the Middle East, speaking out against authoritarian regimes comes at a high price. In the shadow of the deadly revolution in Egypt, Yaara Bou Melhem reports on Syria's hardline stance against discontent.
As Bahrain is torn apart by protests and brutal government repression, Dateline's Yaara Bou Melhem gains access to investigate a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances.
When former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri was assassinated by a car bomb in Beirut in 2005, it rocked the whole of the Middle East. Bou Melhem interviews the Australian policeman embroiled in controversy over the complex case.