Sources: Reuters
Hundreds of Syrian soldiers, along with helicopter gunships, attack Khirbet Ghazaleh in the Daraa province. 2012-07-14
The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre. 2012-05-27
Activists in Egypt mark the first anniversary of the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution with a strike and a day of civil disobedience. 2012-02-11
2011 Syrian uprising: 250 Syrians, mostly civilians, have been killed so far this month, as the violence escalates in Syria's eight-month-old crackdown on pro-democracy protests and attacks on security forces increase. 2011-11-11
Syrian forces mass in the east of the country near the Iraqi border where dozens of soldiers have defected. 2011-07-17
A large protest with as many as a million people participating is planned for the Egyptian capital Cairo over perceived lack of progress since the 2011 Egyptian revolution. 2011-07-12
2011 Libyan civil war: Turkey recognizes the National Transitional Council of the anti-Gaddafi forces, with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu meeting with rebel leaders in Benghazi and offering at least $200 million in aid. 2011-07-3
A truce between the Yemeni government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposing tribal groups breaks down increasing the chance of a civil war. 2011-05-31
A Cairo court sentences an Egyptian police officer to death "in absentia" for killing protesters demonstrating during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. 2011-05-23
Al Wefaq, the leading Shi'ite opposition party, claims that 250 people have been detained and 47 held in detention since the declaration of martial law. 2011-03-28