Sources: BBC
FIA president Jean Todt dismisses concerns about the reputation of Formula 1 following week-long damaging headlines and calls for a boycott over its support of the regime. 2012-04-21
Members of the Force India team due to be involved in the race are involved in a firebomb scare. 2012-04-19
2011 Egyptian revolution: Several hundred police officers are dismissed in concessions to protesters. 2011-07-13
2011 Yemeni uprising: Demonstrations are held in the capital Sana'a and across the country, while protesters in Ta'izz chant slogans against a possible Saudi Arabian intervention, "Tell Saudi Arabia that Yemen is a republic" and "Yemen is not Bahrain", in reference to Saudi Arabia's suppression of the Bahraini uprising. 2011-07-1
Egyptian border guards shoot and injure an Eritrean woman as she attempts to cross into Israel. 2011-05-21
The dispute over the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix, postponed in February as it coincided with the protests, takes another twist when Bernie Ecclestone proposes an extension to the 1 May deadline for a final decision concerning its happening. 2011-04-28
The official death toll since the 2011 Syrian protests is 27 since March 15 with confirmed deaths occurring in the cities of Homs, Sanamen, Daraa and Latakia. 2011-03-26
The Syrian government pledges a series of reforms in response to the unrest, including lifting the state of emergency law and allowing other political parties. 2011-03-24