Sources: Reuters
United Nations Special Envoy Kofi Annan visits Syria a day after the Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre. 2012-05-28
A second protester is shot dead in eastern Saudi Arabia amid an ongoing anti-government protests. 2012-02-11
Libyan rebel leaders welcome an African Union offer to open talks with the Government in Tripoli without the direct involvement of Muammar Gaddafi. 2011-07-2
2011 Libyan civil war: The French military reports France air-dropped weapons to anti-regime Berber rebels trying to bring down Muammar Gaddafi in the west's Nafusa Mountains in early June. "Le Figaro" suggests rocket launchers and anti-tank missiles were among the weapons dropped. 2011-06-29
NATO begins using attack helicopters for the first time in air operations over Libya. 2011-06-4
The cities of Yafran and al-Qalaa in the Nafusa Mountains are in critical condition following ongoing attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's forces, with heavy artillery shelling continuing, water supplies shut off, and no food or medical supplies coming into the towns for weeks. 2011-05-27
Protestors claim that at least 25 people have been killed in the Daraa crackdown with the Jordanian border closed. 2011-04-25