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Yemeni army reports that seventeen militants and at least two government soldiers have died in clashes in south Yemen.
2012-06-9

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

Bahraini forces fire live rounds at civilians in Sitra as part of its crackdown on protests against the regime, assisted by Saudi Arabia. Video footage emerges showing the use of poison gas against civilians.
2011-04-28

2011 Egyptian revolution: The detention of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is extended by a further 15 days.
2011-04-22

2011 Yemeni protests: Thousands of pro and anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital Sana'a, amid fears of a confrontation between the two sides.
2011-04-1

After rebels retreat outside Ra's Lanuf, the coalition has begun launching air-strikes at Gaddafi's forces again.
2011-03-30

Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard of the Canadian Forces Air Command is named to lead enforcement of the Libya no fly zone.
2011-03-28

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 rebels arrest Omar Ahmed Sodani, the man believed responsible for the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984.
2011-03-25

More than 200 people are killed and 900 other are injured as military troops attack protestors in Libya.
2011-02-20