The Syrian army, backed by Iranian fighters, captures several villages south of Aleppo. 2015-10-17
Syrian civil war: Rebels capture an air base east of Aleppo. 2012-10-12
Syrian uprising: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Syria has failed in its obligation to pull its troops out of urban areas, according to a peace plan. 2012-04-19
3 former Egyptian ministers - former interior minister Habib el-Adly, former finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali ("in absentia") and former prime minister Ahmed Nazif - from the Mubarak regime are given jail sentences. 2011-07-12
Tunisian revolution: Ousted former President of Tunisia Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife are sentenced to 35 years in prison for misappropriating public funds, with the trial held "in absentia". 2011-06-20