The extent of looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian protests is worse than previously announced. 2011-02-12
Nationwide protests against President Hosni Mubarak and his regime continue for a sixteenth day. 2011-02-9
The Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleiman promises that the government will not pursue protesters. 2011-02-8
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, says that the 2011 Egyptian protests and Tunisian uprising are a result of "Islamic awareness". 2011-02-4
Protesters detain 120 people with IDs linking them to the police or ruling party; most were attacking protesters at the time. 2011-02-3
President of the United States Barack Obama makes his first comments on Egypt since President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step down before the next elections; Obama tells the people of Egypt "We hear your voice", and calls for an "orderly transition" of power that "must begin now". 2011-02-2
The protestors increase their demands for the end of the Mubarak regime and are not impressed by Hosni Mubarak's promise to resign at the end of his current term. 2011-02-2
Al Jazeera reports that its signal is being jammed in parts of the Middle East, days after Egypt shut the news network's operations there. 2011-02-1
Wealthy Egyptian businessman Ahmed Ezz, a close confidante of Mubarak's son, resigns from the ruling NDP party. At least one of his steel company's offices has been targeted by protesters. 2011-01-29
Vice President of the United States Joe Biden attracts criticism for his refusal to refer to Mubarak as a "dictator", instead describing him as "an ally of ours in a number of things and he's been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interests in the region: Middle East peace efforts, the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing the relationship with Israel". 2011-01-28