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Police fire tear gas at demonstrators outside the capital Manama ahead of the Grand Prix.
2012-04-21

Wadah Khanfar steps down as the head of the Al Jazeera news network, and is replaced by Sheikh Ahmad bin Jassim bin Mohammad Al Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family.
2011-09-20

Al Jazeera reports that there have been many arrests in the southern town of Deraa with people fleeing to either Damascus or Jordan.
2011-06-30

The Libyan opposition arrests four men as suspects in the murder of an Al Jazeera journalist and claim that Muammar Gaddafi's regime is sending undercover squads to assassinate people.
2011-03-15

Forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council–including 1,000 Saudi troops–arrive in Bahrain amid continuing protests.
2011-03-14

Al Jazeera reports that many African migrant workers in Libya have been victims of violence due to suspicions that they are mercenaries for Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
2011-02-28

Opposition forces rescue seven rebels 'buried alive' under concrete in a government compound in Benghazi, while close to 100,000 migrant workers flee Libya.
2011-02-28

UAE-based Al Arabiya and Qatar-based Al Jazeera reported earlier that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, head of Libya, has left for Brazil or Venezuela.
2011-02-21

Al Jazeera reports that the protests have spread to the capital Tripoli.
2011-02-20