1915 GMT: Claimed footage of a demonstration by university students in Aleppo in Syria today:
1610 GMT: Video of last night's march in Aleppo in Syria:
1440 GMT: Luis Moreno Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has said that charges against figures in the Libyan regime may include murder and unlawful detention, use of cluster bombs, and rape as a weapon.
Ocampo also said he will seek three arrest warrants for crimes against humanity.
1420 GMT: Claimed footage of a protest in Jassem in southern Syria yesterday:
1350 GMT: Activists claim tanks are heading for the central Syrian city of Homs after anti-regime protests by about 1000 people last night.
1220 GMT: An opposition spokesman says that at least five people have been killed in regime shelling of the Libyan port of Misurata.
1200 GMT: An activist reports that a student protest at the Faculty of Economy at the University of Damascus was dispersed after ten minutes, with several detained.
1155 GMT: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that "hundreds" of detainees were given three-year prison sentences on Tuesday for "degrading the prestige of the state".
1120 GMT: According to the private Syrian newspaper Al Watan, President Assad has said the Army mission in the south, including the occupation of the town of Daraa, will "end very soon".
1110 GMT: The French Foreign Ministry has advised its nationals, until their presence is necessary, to leave Syria until the situation returns to normal.
0815 GMT: Thousands of people marched in cities and towns across Syria on Tuesday, calling for the downfall of the Assad regime. Footage of a candle-lit rally in Qamishli in the northeast:
0550 GMT: In Libya, three explosions were heard overnight in Tripoli. A witness said smoke was rising from an area in the east of the capital, but there were no further details.
A car bomb in the opposition centre of Benghazi slightly injured two people, bringing out a large demonstration against Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi.
Photo: AFP
0535 GMT: The Ministers of Interior of the six Gulf Co-operation Council states --- Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain --- have welcomed the restoration of calm and stability in Bahrain and praised the prudence of its wise leadership.
The ministers praised the loyal people of Bahrain for rallying behind their leader and placing the higher interests of their country above any other considerations, within the framework of the common will of the ruler and the ruled, under the comprehensive reform programme launched by Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
The ministers, denouncing Iranian intervention in the internal affairs of Bahrain, again endorsed the legitimacy of the deployment of GCC forces in the country.
In Yemen, dozens of Jews
rallied in the capital Sanaa in support of the President on Tuesday, holding banners written in Hebrew such as
"The sons of the Jewish sect in Yemen support Ali Abdullah Saleh and the constitutional legitimacy" and chanting, "The people want Ali Abdullah Saleh".