Sources: Al Jazeera
Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab and his family defect to Jordan to join the opposition. State-run media claims he was fired, but the Free Syrian Army states this was only after he arrived in Jordan. 2012-08-6
Syrian uprising: A ship carrying military helicopters and missiles from Russia to Syria is halted and turned back off the coast of Scotland after its insurance coverage is cancelled. 2012-06-19
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
Muammar Gaddafi sends a delegation to Israel; they hand over digital material to Tsipi Livni.2011-07-12
President of Syria Bashar al-Assad is due to make a speech about "current circumstances" in Syria. 2011-06-20
UK, French and Italian officials call for sanctions against Syria. 2011-04-26
Crude oil prices rise to their highest levels in two years as stock market indexes fall in Europe and the United States due to continued uncertainty in the Middle East. 2011-02-28
David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom announces that he is working on a no-fly zone over Libya. 2011-02-28
MPs join protests in the capital Sana'a as President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to step down. 2011-02-21