February 12, 2011 – Riot police outnumber anti-government protesters in Algiers and quickly disperse the demonstration.
February 22, 2011 – The Algerian government announces an end to the state of emergency imposed in 1992. However, protest marches in Algiers are still banned.
Bahrain:
February 2011 – Anti-government demonstrations break out, quickly becoming violent as security forces and protesters clash.
February 15, 2011 – Thousands of demonstrators gain control of the Pearl Square roundabout in Manama.
February 17, 2011 – In the early morning hours, riot police move into the Pearl Square area and violently disperse the crowd. Several people are killed.
February 19, 2011 – On the order of the government, security forces withdraw from the Pearl Square. Protestors retake the area.
February 22, 2011 – Protests continue as Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa appeals for a national dialogue.
February 26, 2011 – Opposition leader Hassan Mushaimaa returns from exile.
March 14, 2011 – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates send several hundred troops to Bahrain under the banner of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The troops are in the country at the request of King Hamad.
March 15, 2011 – A three-month state of emergency goes into effect.
March 16, 2011 – Security forces crackdown on protesters in Manama, killing at least six people.
March 18, 2011 – The Pearl Roundabout in Manama is demolished.
March 20, 2011 – King Hamad states that his government has foiled a 20-30 year plot by an unnamed country to destabilize Bahrain.
March 25, 2011 – Protests take place in residential areas outside Manama.
April 25, 2011 – The government of Bahrain sends a confidential report to the United Nations, claiming that Hezbollah is plotting to overthrow the country’s monarchy.
June 1, 2011 – Bahrain lifts the emergency laws imposed on March 15.
June 6, 2011 – The trial of 47 doctors and nurses, accused of trying to overthrow the government, begins in Manama.
August 8, 2011 – Bahrain releases 140 political detainees, including two former members of Parliament.
September 1, 2011 – Thousands of demonstrators take to the streets to protest the death of 14-year-old, allegedly killed by riot police, the day before.
September 17, 2011 – Tens of thousands of people protest against the government, following the funeral of a man who died in questionable circumstances. He allegedly died following a tear gas attack on his father’s home. The government maintains he died of sickle cell anemia.
September 29, 2011 – 20 doctors are convicted of trying to overthrow the government and are sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 15 years.
November 23, 2011 – An independent commission set up by King Hamad al-Khalifa concludes that Bahrain’s police used excessive force and torture against civilians in the crackdown against protesters.
Egypt:
January 25, 2011 – Anti-government protests erupt in Egypt. Several thousand demonstrators take over Tahrir Square in Cairo.
January 28, 2011 – “Day of Rage” protests bring out hundreds of thousands of demonstrators.
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May 11, 2011 – 13 protesters are killed in demonstrations Sanaa and Taiz.
May 22, 2011 – Saleh again refuses to sign the deal to step down. The Gulf Cooperation Council suspends its efforts to mediate a deal between Saleh and opposition forces.
May 23, 2011 – Fighting breaks out in Sanaa between government forces and the supporters of Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, the head of the Hashid tribal federation, after Saleh refuses to step down.
May 25, 2011 – Hashid tribal forces take control of the Interior Ministry, SABA state news agency and other government buildings.
May 25, 2011 – The U.S. orders families of government employees and others to leave Yemen, citing “terrorist activities and civil unrest.”
May 26, 2011 – Street battles between government forces and Hashid tribal forces continue throughout Sanaa.
May 29, 2011 – In Taiz, security forces fire on tens of thousands of demonstrators, killing dozens.
May 30, 2011 – Security forces use bulldozers and water cannons to try to disperse demonstrators in Freedom Square in Taiz. The protesters’ tent encampment is also burned down.
May 31, 2011 – Hashid tribal forces take command of more government buildings.
May 31, 2011 – Street battles between government forces and Hashid tribal forces continue throughout Sanaa.
May 31, 2011 – Missiles strike a compound where opposition generals are meeting. No one is injured.
June 2, 2011 – A group of about 1,000 armed tribesmen, supporters of Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ahmar, are seen entering Sanaa by residents.
June 2, 2011 – All inbound and outbound flights to and from the Sanaa International Airport are suspended due to security concerns.
June 3, 2011 – Opposition forces launch missiles at the presidential palace, slightly injuring President Saleh and killing several others.
June 4, 2011 – Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is left in charge while President Saleh travels to Saudi Arabia to undergo medical treatment.
June 5, 2011 – Tribal leader Sadeq Al-Ahmar agrees to a cease-fire with Interim President Hadi.
June 6, 2011 – It is revealed that President Saleh is being treated for burns over 40% of his body and a collapsed lung.
June 7, 2011 – Tribal fighters take control of the city of Taiz.
June 15, 2011 – Interim president Abdu Rabu Mansoor Hadi meets with members of Yemen’s youth revolutionary movement.
June 29, 2011 – Interim president Abdu Rabu Mansoor Hadi tells CNN in an interview that the government has lost control over five provinces.
August 18, 2011 – The Yemeni government officially accuses Hamid al-Ahmar, the opposition’s wealthiest businessman, and Ali Mohsen, the most powerful military leader in the country of planning the assassination plot on President Ali Abdullah Saleh two months ago.
September 2, 2011 – Approximately two million people demonstrate across Yemen, demanding that the military remove President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power.
September 23, 2011 – President Saleh returns to Yemen, after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.
For developments in Yemen after 2011 — see Yemen Fast Facts
