Sources: Xinhua
The Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleiman promises that the government will not pursue protesters. 2011-02-8
Protestors express anger at the governments of France, Israel and the United States due to their support of the thirty-year Mubarak dictatorship. 2011-02-6
The media reports that President Mubarak's son Gamal resigns as head of the National Democratic Party bureau. Secretary Safwat el-Sharif and the six-member Steering Committee of the General Secretariat also resign. 2011-02-5
Mohammed al-Beltagi, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, tells Al Jazeera that the movement has no ambitions to run for the Egyptian presidency. 2011-02-4
Egyptian state television forments the unrest by reporting that "Israeli spies" have infiltrated Cairo, leading to an increase in antisemitic sentiment among the pro-Mubarak forces attacking people and journalists on the streets. 2011-02-3
Representatives of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are arrested. 2011-02-3
Al Jazeera urges Egyptian satellite company Nilesat to resume broadcasting its signal or face legal action. 2011-02-2
Several countries, including Greece, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States, announce plans to evacuate citizens from Egypt. Cairo's U.S. embassy schedules flights to so-called safe haven locations in Europe. 2011-01-30
Protesters gather peacefully outside the Egyptian Embassy in Lebanon in support of the current uprising against the Mubarak regime, chanting, "Down with Mubarak!" and "Egypt is an Arab, not a U.S. state!" 2011-01-30
NDP headquarters are set on fire in Cairo, with Al Jazeera footage showing the building ablaze. 2011-01-28