Libya celebrates the first anniversary of the start of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi. 2012-02-17
The United Nations Security Council votes on an Arab League proposal to resolve problems in Syria with reports of hundreds of people dead in the past couple of days as a result of shelling in Homs - the People's Republic of China and Russia veto the resolution. 2012-02-4
Over a million people protest against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in one of the Yemeni opposition's largest protests. 2011-09-9
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
2011 Syrian protests: Police and soldiers open fire from rooftops in Jabla, killing and injuring nearby people; no protest was taking place at the time. An independent investigation is urged into Friday's massacre of close to 100 people as well as Saturday's killings of mourners at the funerals. 2011-04-24
The Syrian Army is deployed to the country's main port of Latakia. 2011-03-27