Sources: Reuters
2011–2012 Syrian uprising: The Arab League calls for a ceasefire in Syria, saying that tanks and heavy weaponry have been withdrawn from Syrian cities, but warning that snipers remain a threat. 2012-01-2
Egypt's deputy prime minister Yehia El-Gamal resigns on the fifth day of the sit-in at Tahrir Square in Cairo. 2011-07-12
The Syrian human rights organisation Sawasiah claims that the Government of Syria has arrested 500 protesters since the crackdown began. 2011-04-26
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns the killing by the government of at least 300 people since mid-March. 2011-04-23
President Bashar al-Assad announces that the 48-year-old state of emergency law will be lifted next week. 2011-04-16
Today's Friday protests take place in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Yemen among other places. 2011-04-8
Witnesses and rights activists say Syrian government security forces killed at least 15 anti-government protesters in Daraa, bringing the death toll for the week to 21. 2011-03-24
A missile totally destroys an administrative building in Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli. 2011-03-20
The country's most powerful tribal confederation Hashed requests that Saleh resign. Hashed includes Saleh's own tribe. 2011-03-20