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G8 nations pledge at least $40 billion to help Arab countries reconstruct and implement democracy following the turmoil of the Arab Spring.
2011-09-10

Anti-Gaddafi forces reclaim Qawalish from Gaddafi forces hours after they took it.
2011-07-13

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

The UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague announces that Britain would supply body armour, police uniforms and communications equipment to Libyan National Transitional Council police forces. [http:--www.mercurynews.com-news-ci_18383338?nclick_check=1 (AP via "San Jose Mercury News")]date=August 2019
2011-06-30

The trial of 47 medical personnel, accused of working against the government during large protests in Bahrain earlier this year resumes and is immediately adjourned; human rights groups say Bahrain is targeting medical professionals for treating protesters.
2011-06-27

NATO begins using attack helicopters for the first time in air operations over Libya.
2011-06-4

A Libyan army spokesman says Libyan armed forces have been issued a command to observe an immediate ceasefire following air bombardment from American, French and British forces aiming to implement a UN resolution authorising the use of force to protect Libyan civilians from government troops.
2011-03-20

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

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi capture the town of Zuwara one of the last remaining rebel towns in western Libya.
2011-03-14

Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi surround the town of Zawiya as part of a general counterattack.
2011-02-28