Sources: Reuters
Voters in Tunisia go to the polls Sunday in the first free presidential election since the Arab Spring's Jasmine Revolution. 2014-11-23
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
In the wake of serious rioting, Tunisia declares an overnight curfew for eight regions, including the capital Tunis. 2012-06-12
Representatives of more than seventy countries meet in Tunisia to discuss supporting the opposition in the Syrian uprising. 2012-02-24
2011 Syrian uprising: A Syrian human rights organisation claims that Syrian Army troops have killed 22 people in the town of Hama since yesterday. 2011-07-6
2011 Libyan civil war: Libyan officials say NATO airstrikes on Tripoli kill 15 civilians, including children; this is the second claimed collateral damage incident in two days, with NATO blaming a "weapons failure" for the first attack. 2011-06-20
The G8 leaders agree to give US$20 billion in support of Tunisian and Egyptian reforms after the Arab Spring. 2011-05-27
More than 400 people fleeing Libya and Tunisia arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa in two boats, the latest in a stream of refugees fleeing the ongoing conflicts in North Africa. 2011-05-14
A court in Tunisia dissolves the political party of the former President, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. 2011-03-9