Sources: Reuters
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights's president Nabeel Rajab is arrested by representatives of Bahrain's Interior Ministry on arrival at Manama airport from Lebanon ahead of his scheduled court appearance. 2012-05-5
Tunisian Revolution: Police fire tear gas at demonstrators who defy a government ban on protesting in Tunis. 2012-04-9
Aftermath of the Libyan civil war: Reporter Nicholas Davies and cameraman Gareth Montgomery-Johnson are seized by militia in Misrata while working for the English language Press TV news network. Two local residents are also seized. 2012-02-24
2011 Syrian uprising: The Syrian army encircles the city of Hama after one of the largest protests against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. 2011-07-3
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announces that his government will invite opposition figures to talks to be held in July to set the framework for a national dialogue that he has promised, and that constitutional changes would be on the agenda. 2011-06-27
Thousands of people rally across the country demanding more civil rights and an end to corruption. 2011-03-20
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an influential Muslim cleric and the spiritual leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, issues a fatwa ordering the death of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. 2011-02-21
More than 200 people are killed and 900 other are injured as military troops attack protestors in Libya.2011-02-20