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A soldier and protester are killed in a demonstration in the eastern city of Qatif.
2012-08-4

Russia and China–two of the 12 countries that opposed a United Nations General Assembly resolution concerning Syria–criticise the resolution as one-sided.
2012-08-4

United Nations Special Envoy Kofi Annan visits Syria a day after the Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre.
2012-05-28

Police fire sound bombs and tear gas at demonstrators and wound dozens of people with buckshot as reporting restrictions are imposed by the Bahrainese regime.
2012-04-20

A second protester is shot dead in eastern Saudi Arabia amid an ongoing anti-government protests.
2012-02-11

Bahrain security forces tear-gas dozens of demonstrators, injuring three, ahead of the anniversary of the uprising.
2012-02-11

At least 66 people are injured in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
2011-06-29

2011 Libyan civil war: The United States Air Force confirms an air strike by a predator drone in Misrata.
2011-04-23

Opposition groups in Bahrain call for prisoners to be released amid the country's two-month-long pro-democracy demonstrations.
2011-03-20

Germany's foreign minister Guido Westerwelle defends his country's refusal to participate in the invasion of Libya, speaking of "the risks of a lengthy mission".
2011-03-20