Sources: Reuters
France says Syrian regime leaders will answer for "murderous folly". 2012-05-28
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, authorises a review of emergency laws and an inquiry into the deaths of protesters. 2011-03-31
2011 Libyan civil war: Rebel forces in Libya retake the town of Ajdabiya from troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, and later recapture Brega. 2011-03-26
Saudi forces arrest and take away around 15 people as they gather outside the interior ministry building to request details of the whereabouts of their friends or family members who have been imprisoned without trial. Such expressions of opinion are outlawed in Saudi Arabia. 2011-03-20
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shell Misrata as the civil war continues and start an assault on Ajdabiya the last town before the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. 2011-03-16
Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi surround the town of Zawiya as part of a general counterattack. 2011-02-28
UAE-based Al Arabiya and Qatar-based Al Jazeera reported earlier that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, head of Libya, has left for Brazil or Venezuela. 2011-02-21