Sources: IOL
Anti-government protesters and police clash in the capital Tunis over alleged corruption and nepotism within the government. 2012-08-6
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
Hundreds of Syrian soldiers, along with helicopter gunships, attack Khirbet Ghazaleh in the Daraa province. 2012-07-14
The Egyptian government denies licenses to eight U.S. civil society groups, including the Carter Center. 2012-04-23
The Syrian government says that the revolt against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has ended, but it will still keep soldiers inside cities, "for security". 2012-03-30
Ten rebel fighters are killed and 172 injured during an attack on the eastern town of Brega. 2011-07-16
Protesters demand the resignation of the head of the military council General Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and interior minister Mansour Essawi over the violence blamed on police, the worst the country has seen in weeks since the toppling of the Hosni Mubarak-led regime. 2011-06-29
The Syrian human rights group Sawasiah claims that at least 63 protestors were killed on Friday. 2011-06-4
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