Sources: Al-Jazeera
United Nations monitors reach the site of the massacre in Mazraat al-Qubeir, where up to 78 people are reported to have been killed. 2012-06-8
Tunisian Revolution: Police fire tear gas at demonstrators who defy a government ban on protesting in Tunis. 2012-04-9
A draft resolution is circulated by Saudi Arabia at the United Nations General Assembly calling for an end to the violence, as the Syrian city of Homs is besieged by the Syrian army. 2012-02-11
2011 Omani protests: A court jails 13 people who had demanded better jobs in protests in the city of Sohar. 2011-06-29
UK, French and Italian officials call for sanctions against Syria. 2011-04-26
2011 Bahraini protests: Authorities release a prominent blogger, Mahmood Al-Yousif, but detain several others in a series of arrests. 2011-04-1
The Arab League speaks out against the military airstrikes on Libya as civilians are killed. 2011-03-20
Large numbers of police and security forces are deployed in Chinese cities after calls for protests inspired by events in North Africa and the Middle East. 2011-02-27