Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 12:51 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 2230 GMT: Judges threaten to strike if Mubarak's Minister of Justice, Mamdouh Marei, is included in the new cabinet.
2215 GMT: The latest pictures taken at Roundabout 7, in Bahrain.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 5:22 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
2150 GMT: In Oman, about 200 protesters in Sohar defied a call to disperse at 6 p.m., reamining at the Globe Roundabout until late evening.
The number of protesters was sharply down from Monday, when nearly 2000 gathered. Six protesters were reportedly killed this weekend by the security forces.
2145 GMT: Associated Press is reporting that security forces killed two demonstrators when they fired tear gas at 100s of anti-government protesters in Sadr in southern Yemen.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 5:13 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
2115 GMT: Brigadier General Mansour Mohammed Abu Hajar, head of the Libyan Army's armoured vehicles and infantry division in Benghazi, said this afternoon that he and the division's personnel had joined the opposition: "[We] announce our joining of this blessed revolution, which we hope God Almighty will grant success and victory. We denounce the killing and the extermination of defenceless youths by the security brigades and hired mercenaries. I and all the division's personnel put ourselves at the disposal of this glorious revolution."
2110 GMT: In Yemen, tens of thousands of people have marched on the streets of the capital Sanaa, demanding the fall of the President Ali Abullah Saleh.
Saleh had asked on Monday for discussions for a new unity government, but he later turned from conciliation to allegation, warning that Yemen could be split into four parts and accusing the US and Israel of being behind the protests.
Friday, February 25, 2011 at 5:30 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Iraq, Middle East and Iran NOTE: Our entries on today's protests in Iraq have now been moved to a separate LiveBlog.
2330 GMT: Naval officers in Libya expressing support for the opposition:
2255 GMT: Video of protest in the Souq al-Jumaa section of Tripoli in Libya tonight. The graffiti at the end is “Tell the dogs of the regime to come to the square” and “Broadcast this Al Jazeera, you are the only [news media] that is believed":
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 9:05 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran Four gentlemen in happier times: deposed Tunisian President Zine Abedine Ben Ali, current Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, still-current Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, and ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Over to you, dear readers, for the appropriate inscription/epitaph:
Friday, February 18, 2011 at 7:18 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
2213 GMT: AFP, from local sources, estimates at least 41 people have lost their lives in Libya in violence since Tuesday.
Oea, a newspaper linked to Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif Al Islam, says demonstrators hung two state security officers in Al-Bayda.
2210 GMT: Britain Foreign Office has announced that some arms export authorisations for Bahrain and Libya are being revoked out of concern the weapons could be used to suppress internal unrest.
The Foreign Office said it was still reviewing export licenses for Yemen.
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 5:16 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 2045 GMT: In Bahrain, eyewitnesses said one protester was killed as police in fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up pro-reform demonstrations. As helicopters circled over Manama, more than 20 people were hurt, one of them critically, in clashes in Shi'ite villages that ring the capital.
The kingdom has a Shi'ite majority but is ruled by a Sunni monarchy.
In the village of Diraz, authorities dispersed protesters with teargas (see video at 1845 GMT) Ten protesters were injured in Nuweidrat by police firing teargas and rubber bullets at demonstrations calling for the release of Shi'ite detainees.
1915 GMT: Suppression of another march in Bahrain:
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 6:30 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 2050 GMT: Former President Mubarak's portrait is taken down in the Cabinet Room:
Photo: Associated Press
2035 GMT: The State Department has demanded "restraint" in the Algerian regime's handling of demonstrations.
Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 6:51 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
2215 GMT: A big MediaFail from The New York Times, which can only see "hundreds of people" in a demonstration in Algiers today. Somehow the newspaper misses the video showing far more than hundreds (the low estimate in other media covering events is 2000), and somehow it misses all the references to protests in other cities such as Oran and Annaba.
1830 GMT: The BBC has posted an interactive photograph of Tahrir Square in Cairo at prayer, allowing the viewer to tour everything from the Wall of Martyrs to the "KFC Clinic".
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 7:18 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
2247 GMT: A German news agency is claiming 19 private planes have departed Cairo Airport carrying Egyptian and Arab businessmen and families.
2245 GMT: Tens of thousands of protesters are still in central Cairo, with food being organised for them.
2240 GMT: A senior police officer has been kidnapped in Damietta, 200kilometres/120miles north of Cairo. Tarek Hammad is Head of Damietta Security.
2230 GMT: Escalating story tonight of at least one sniper in the Ministry of Interior picking off protesters outside the building. Witnesses are saying 10 to 15 people have been shot dead and dozens have been wounded. Dr Muhammad Hassan tells Al Jazeera that dead protestors from the area are flooding the makeshift field hospital.
2225 GMT: Al Jazeera reports the death of Major General Mohammed El-Batran, head of the Investigative Unit at Fayoum Central Jail in middle Egypt, 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Cairo. About 700 prisoners have fled.
