Sources: Reuters
Nearly 48 Iranian pilgrims are kidnapped from a bus in the vicinity of a shrine near Damascus. 2012-08-4
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
Amnesty International calls for a United Nations investigation into allegations of human rights abuses in Syria. 2011-07-5
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
Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani says Qatar will join the anti-Gaddafi forces, making it the first Arab country to commit military forces. 2011-03-20
The International Committee of the Red Cross withdraws from the rebel held city of Benghazi, Libya, fearing an attack from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. 2011-03-17
The United States warns Gulf states to respect the rights of the Bahraini people. 2011-03-14
Assessment suggests the possibility that social networks are more informed than U.S. intelligence about protesters in the Middle East. 2011-02-17