Sources: BBC
Six people are given up to 15 years in prison as the Bahraini regime continues its clampdown on protesters. 2012-05-27
The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre. 2012-05-27
Salah Abbas Habib is beaten to death by police supporting the Bahraini regime. 2012-04-21
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses the United Nations Security Council of standing by with its "hands and arms tied" while the Syrian people are killed every day. 2012-04-3
Syrian forces mass in the east of the country near the Iraqi border where dozens of soldiers have defected. 2011-07-17
The opposition movement says a deal to end the crisis must not extend President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule. 2011-05-15
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
Residents of Misrata claim that snipers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are posted on rooftops in the town. 2011-03-20
Muammar Gaddafi tells the BBC that all of his people love him and refuses to acknowledge that there are protests in Tripoli. 2011-02-28