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Syrian uprising: Heavy fighting is reported overnight in the Damascus suburb of al-Abbaseen between Syrian government forces and the Free Syrian Army.
2012-06-11

At least 20 people are killed in Cairo as unidentified attackers unleash rocks, clubs, firebombs and shotguns on a protest near the Egyptian Ministry of Defence. Police and the military intervene after six hours.
2012-05-2

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses the United Nations Security Council of standing by with its "hands and arms tied" while the Syrian people are killed every day.
2012-04-3

Troops storm a town near the border with Lebanon, rounding up more than 500 people.
2011-07-17

President Ali Abdullah Saleh is also flown to Saudi Arabia for treatment after being wounded.
2011-06-4

Protests get underway outside Buckingham Palace in London against Bahrain's "torture service" official Sheikh Khalifa Bin Ali al-Khalifa's presence for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
2011-04-28

2011 Egyptian revolution: Former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly goes on trial charged with ordering the killing of unarmed protesters shot in the head and chest during the popular revolution against Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
2011-04-26

Activists allege that medical workers have been arrested for treating anti-government protesters.
2011-04-26

An operation by security and military forces takes place in the city of Daraa.
2011-04-25

Protests spread to the city of Rabat as thousands march on the central Hassan II Avenue calling for health and educational reform, economic opportunity and assistance against increased cost of living.
2011-02-20