Demonstrations calling for economic and political change continue for a third day, amid reports of looting.

Police fire tear gas at demonstrators outside the capital Manama ahead of the Grand Prix.
2012-04-21

2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: Fears are expressed for the life of Abdulhadi Khawaja, one of the several opposition leaders sentenced to life imprisonment.
2012-04-3

A second protester is shot dead in eastern Saudi Arabia amid an ongoing anti-government protests.
2012-02-11

Activists in Egypt mark the first anniversary of the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution with a strike and a day of civil disobedience.
2012-02-11

al-Qwalish is taken by anti-Gaddafi forces, who make gains of 12 kilometres, after a battle lasting 6 hours.
2011-07-6

Rebels and regime forces clash about 80 km (50 miles) south-west of the capital, Tripoli as rebels make a push towards the capital.
2011-06-26

Today's Friday protests take place in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Yemen among other places.
2011-04-8

Libya then immediately violates its own ceasefire, shelling Misrata and killing 25 civilians.
2011-03-18

2011 Libyan civil war: Rebels are forced from the town of Brega by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi but later claim to have recaptured it.
2011-03-13

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Demonstrations calling for economic and political change continue for a third day, amid reports of looting.

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