Sources: BBC News
Turkey claims that the Syrian Army has opened fire on a refugee camp on Turkish soil injuring three people. 2012-04-9
Twelve people are arrested at the Syrian Embassy in London as part of a worldwide protest against the shelling. 2012-02-4
2011 Bahraini uprising: The Shia al-Wafiq opposition group quits national talks aimed at ending the political crisis in the country. 2011-07-17
3 former Egyptian ministers - former interior minister Habib el-Adly, former finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali ("in absentia") and former prime minister Ahmed Nazif - from the Mubarak regime are given jail sentences. 2011-07-12
NATO extends its mission on Libya for an additional 90 days. 2011-06-1
Talks between South African President Jacob Zuma and Muammar Gaddafi end without immediate results, as more than 100 Libyan soldiers, including five generals, two colonels, and one major defect from Gaddafi's forces. 2011-05-31
At least two people are killed and hundreds more are injured, including 30 critically, as security forces open fire on people in Ta'izz during protests against the Saleh regime. 2011-04-8
Anti-regime protests break out in cities across the country after Friday prayers. 2011-04-1
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, addresses the nation amid unrest. 2011-03-30
Pro-Gaddafi forces are besieging the towns of Misrata and Zawiya. 2011-03-13