The chief prosecutor charges 15 police officers with torturing doctors who were arrested during protests.

Syrian uprising: A ship carrying military helicopters and missiles from Russia to Syria is halted and turned back off the coast of Scotland after its insurance coverage is cancelled.
2012-06-19

31 people are killed in anti-government clashes with security forces in Syria.
2012-03-9

2011 Libyan civil war: Heavy fighting continues in the Libyan towns of Sirte and Bani Walid, with eight anti-Gaddafi fighters killed on Saturday.
2011-09-18

2011 Moroccan protests: Demonstrations are called for following a constitutional referendum on greater freedoms held yesterday.
2011-07-2

NATO extends its mission on Libya for an additional 90 days.
2011-06-1

Veteran British journalist Robert Fisk questions whether the sanctions will affect the Syrian government's crackdown on dissent, as such sanctions have failed to work before.
2011-05-23

A Bahraini military court passes its first verdicts on Bahrain's uprising, sentencing four protesters to death and three to life imprisonment for their part in a pro-democracy rally last month.
2011-04-28

U.S. President Obama is reported to have authorized covert support for Libyan rebels.
2011-03-31

2011 Libyan civil war: Rebel forces in Libya retake the town of Ajdabiya from troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, and later recapture Brega.
2011-03-26

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The chief prosecutor charges 15 police officers with torturing doctors who were arrested during protests.

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