Contrary to the precedent set by Tunisia and Egypt's elections, it appears Libya's Islamist parties will not win a majority in the first post-Gaddafi government.

While much of the world's attention on the region continues to be focused on the escalation of violence in Syria, Libya's election, although still not officially tallied, is an equally important chapter in the Arab Spring. Liberal and non-Islamist parties have often fared poorly until now. The language of the winning National Forces Alliance has suggested that it wants to build as large of a consensus as possible regarding decisions it makes while it leads the interim government and efforts to draft the new constitution. 

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Hunted down and persecuted for decades by Egypt's various heads of state, the Muslim Brotherhood has achieved a goal it has pursued since its conception. It now controls the office of the Egyptian presidency.

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This week's press roundup focuses on the continuing deterioration of the situation in Syria and the year-long uprising that has been taking place there. While the Assad regime's brutality has exceeded even that of Muammar Qaddafi, intervention is nowhere in sight for the Syrians rising up against the Assad government.