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Syrian uprising: At least eight more people are killed in the ongoing violence in Syria, despite the presence of 145 United Nations ceasefire monitors.
2012-05-12

2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: Authorities in Bahrain refuse to transfer jailed Shia political activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been performing a hunger strike for two months, to Denmark.
2012-04-9

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

People in Misrata celebrate on the streets as news reaches them that arrest warrants have been issued by the International Criminal Court for Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Senussi.
2011-06-28

President of Syria Bashar al-Assad is due to make a speech about "current circumstances" in Syria.
2011-06-20

Several people are killed and dozens of others are injured in Homs as Syrian security forces attack the funeral of protesters killed in yesterday's protest events during the country's uprising against the regime.
2011-05-21

2011 Egyptian revolution: Hosni Mubarak, ousted from the presidency by popular revolution in February, is to be moved to a military hospital in Cairo amid pressure to have him stand trial over corruption and the killing of protesters.
2011-04-24

Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, addresses the nation amid unrest.
2011-03-30

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh scraps an offer to resign by the end of this year, as Islamist militants take control of a town in the south of the country.
2011-03-27

Libyan authorities detain and forcibly drive Iman al-Obeidi to an unknown location, declaring her "possibly mentally challenged", after she publicly accuses Muammar Gaddafi's troops of gang-raping her.
2011-03-26