Sources: Reuters
The United States resumes shipping armaments to Bahrain, after a pause that coincided with the ongoing popular uprising against the Bahraini regime. 2012-05-12
A draft resolution is circulated by Saudi Arabia at the United Nations General Assembly calling for an end to the violence, as the Syrian city of Homs is besieged by the Syrian army. 2012-02-11
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
2011 Syrian uprising: A Syrian human rights organisation claims that Syrian Army troops have killed 22 people in the town of Hama since yesterday. 2011-07-6
2011 Syrian uprising: Government troops arrive in Hama in buses to raid houses and arrest civilians following the mass popular anti-government protests there on Friday. Tanks laying siege to the city move north to other villages. 2011-07-4
Rebels withdraw from the town of Bir al-Ghanam, 80km south of Tripoli after coming under rocket attack from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. 2011-07-1
President Bashar al-Assad announces that the 48-year-old state of emergency law will be lifted next week. 2011-04-16
The British government confirms that the Libyan Foreign Minister, Moussa Koussa, has resigned and defected to Britain. 2011-03-30
Germany's foreign minister Guido Westerwelle defends his country's refusal to participate in the invasion of Libya, speaking of "the risks of a lengthy mission". 2011-03-20
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi capture the town of Zuwara one of the last remaining rebel towns in western Libya. 2011-03-14