On this day

To protest against the new measures, the Palestinian population declared a general strike.  

On 24 February 1991, the United States of America and its coalition partners began “Operation Desert Sabre”, the ground invasion of southern Iraq and Iraqi-occupied Kuwait.

The city of Hama became known as a Brotherhood stronghold and the centre of anti-regime uprisings

On this day seven years ago, Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was forced to step down after a three-decade-long presidency while 20,000 protesters spilled onto the streets of the capital, Sana’a.

Government corruption under President Hosni Mubarak was a key focal point of the protests, as demonstrators shouted 'Down with Mubarak' in the streets.

On this day in 2011, Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stepped down after the Jasmine Revolution broke out in the country, giving birth to what became known...

On this day 30 years ago, the First Intifada broke out in occupied Palestine. It was an uprising which would last for over five years, and witness the deaths...

On 14 November 2012, Israel launched "Operation Pillar of Defence" against the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. Over the following eight days, almost 175 Palestinians were killed and...

44 years ago, on 6 October 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a military campaign to reclaim territories they had lost to Israel six years earlier in 1967

On 28 September 2000 then Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque with heavily armed Israeli policemen and soldiers provoking a Palestinian uprising that lasted five years

22 September 1980 marked the beginning of one of the longest and bloodiest wars in Middle East history

On 21 September 2014, the Houthis in Yemen took over the capital Sanaa

On 21 August, 1969, an extremist Australian Christian, Dennis Michael Rohan, attempted to set fire to Al-Aqsa Mosque; his action had the apparent blessing of the Israeli occupation forces....

Four years ago today 37 Egyptians were gassed to death in a police van outside the Abu Zaabal prison in Cairo. Temperatures outside topped 31 degrees and many had...

In mid-August 2013, the Egyptian army stormed a sit-in at Cairo's Rabaa square and slaughtered 1,000 people who were protesting against the removal of the country's first democratically elected...

What: Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Where: Cairo, Egypt When: July 22-26, 1952 What happened? The Egyptian army's failures became evident after the Arab-Israeli war in 1948 with many of...

On this day in 2016, the Turkish military attempted to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) and its leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Whilst the coup was...

Shortly after dawn prayers on 8 July 2013 Egyptian security forces shot dead 51 protesters who had camped out at the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo to call for...

Algeria’s war of independence against colonial France, which had occupied the country for 132 years, began on 1 November 1954

On this day: The Egyptian army overthrew the country’s first democratically elected leader, Mohammed Morsi

Seven years ago, Israeli commandos attacked a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza. The assault took place in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine...

Sixty-nine years ago, the state of Israel was born following the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians by Israeli forces. What: The Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) When: 15 May...

What: French massacre of Algerians When: 8 May 1945 Where: Setif, Guelma and surrounding areas What Happened? As Europe celebrated the beginning of the end of World War II...

On 10 March 1980, Algiers' decision to cancel a conference in the University of Tizi Ouzou by renowned Kabyle (Berber) poet Mouloud Mammaeri because of the "risk of public unrest" sparked a rebellion

Find out what happened to Baghdad after the United States led an illegal international coalition to invade Iraq on 20 March 2003.

Summary: 29 years ago today, thousands of Iraqi Kurds were killed when their village of Halabja was gassed in the closing months of the Iran-Iraq War.  What: Mass killing...

What: 1992 elections are cancelled by the military Where: Algeria When:  11 January 1992 What happened? By October 1988, Algerians' anger was made tangible for the country's ruling National...

The Ottomans surrendered Jerusalem to Britain on 9 December 1917

By the end of the First Intifada in 1993, 1,489 Palestinians and 185 Israelis had been killed

1.5 million people perished in the seven and a half year Algerian War which erupted in 1954

On this day in 1961, hundreds of Algerians were massacred by French police and had their bodies thrown in the River Seine.