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Tunsian president toppled
weeks of violent protest lead to safty of the president -
Egyptians cast a protest
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Protest in Yeman
protest in yeman -
Egyptian president resigns
After 18 days of protesting Egyptian president resigns -
Lybias forces break down protest with gas
Lybias forces break down protest with gas -
Battle of Tripoli
Between 20 and 28 August, the Battle of Tripoli, occurred, in Libya. Rebel forces captured, and effectively gained control of, the capital city of Tripoli, therefore practically overthrowing the government of the dictator Muammar Gaddafi. -
Yeman president leaves country
After much protest the president goes into hiding -
Muammar Gaddafi dead
On 9 and 10 October, Coptic Christians in Egypt protested against the destruction of a church. The Army then responded, by attacking the protesters, with tanks. An enormous number of people were killed. On 20 October, Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed, by rebels, in the city of Sirte. On 23 October, the NTC officially declared an end, to the 2011 Libyan Civil War. -
Protesing in Cairo's Tahrir Square
On 19 November, Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, was finally captured, after hiding in Nigeria. Between 19 and 21 November, lots of people once again protested in Cairo's Tahrir Square, demanding that the SCAF speed up the transition, to a more civilian government. Clashes between protesters and soldiers then proceeded to happen, and many people were injured, or killed. -
Woman's rights
On 20 December, many women protested in Egypt against human rights violations. -
President of Syria speech
On 10 January, the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, gave a speech, in which he blamed the uprising on foreigners, and said that it would require the co-operation of all Syrians, in order to stop the rebels. On 24 January, the Egyptian Field Marshal and leader of the military, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, announced that the decades-old state of emergency would be partially lifted, the following day. -
Attack on the City of Homs and transfering power
Starting on 3 February, the Syrian government began an attack on the city of Homs. On 27 February, the President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, officially resigned, and then transferred his powers to his Vice President, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi. -
Protesting at the square
On 20 April, many people once again protested in Cairo's Tahrir Square, demanding a quicker transfer of power, to a new President. -
A round of Demorcracy
On 23 & 24 May, the Egyptian people voted in the first round of a presidential election. Ahmed Shafik and Mohammed Morsi were the two winners, of this election. On 25 May, the Syrian government carried out a massacre in Houla, killing a very large number of people. -
Update on the demorcracy
On 2 June, the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison, by an Egyptian court. On 13 June, the former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was sentenced to prison, by a Tunisian court. On 16 & 17 June, the Egyptian people voted in the 2nd round of a presidential run-off election, in which Mohammed Morsi received the most votes. On June 24, 2012, Egypt's election commission announced that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi has won Egypt's presidentia -
Red Cross helps
On 12 July, the Syrian army carried out a massacre in the Village of Tremseh. Up to 225 people were killed. On 15 July, the International Committee of the Red Cross officially declared that the Syrian uprising was now a civil war. On 18 July, a bombing in Damascus killed many members of President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle, including his brother-in-law, Asef Shawkat. On 19 July, the former Vice President of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, died of a heart attack at a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, in the -
Update on the Syrian Army
In late September, the Free Syrian Army moved its command headquarters from southern Turkey into rebel-controlled areas of northern Syria.[2] -
War
On 9 October, the Free Syrian Army seized control of Maarat al-Numan, a strategic town in Idlib Governorate on the highway linking Damascus with Aleppo.[3] By 18 October, the FSA had captured the suburb of Douma, the biggest suburb of Damascus.[4] -
Protesting in Egypt
On 22 November 2012[5] Egyptian protests started, with hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrating against Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, after he granted himself unlimited powers to “protect” the nation,[6][7] and the power to legislate without judicial oversight or review of his acts.[8] -
United Nations
On 2 January 2013, the United Nations stated that the war's death toll of the Syrian civil war had exceeded 60,000.[9] On 25 January, massive protests against Mohamed Morsi develop all over Egypt on the second anniversary of the 2011 revolution, including in Tahrir Square, where thousands of protesters gathered. At least 6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead in the Egyptian city of Suez, while 456 others are injured nationwide. [10][11][12]