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- 2011 Libyan civil war
- 2011 Syrian protests:
- Dozens of tanks have been sent to the Syrian city of Homs as the Government continues to crack down on protesters. (Sky News)
- Syrian troops arrest 300 people in a raid on the Damascus suburb of Saqba and tanks and troops are also reported to have been sent to other to quell anti-government demonstrations in Homs and Hama.(BBC) (The Telegraph)
- About 100 tanks and troop transports converge on the town of Al-Rastan, after anti-regime protesters toppled a statue of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad and pledged to press ahead with their "revolution" despite sweeping arrests by Bashar al-Assad's regime. (The Australian)
- Syrian military forces begin withdrawing from the town of Daraa after a mission to "restore security and calm," according to Syrian state TV, after more than 500 people were killed during the clashes and thousands more detained. (CNN)
- A car bomb explodes in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla, killing at least 21 police officers and injuring 65; in northern Iraq and in Baghdad, four people are killed in other attacks. (Reuters via Yahoo News) (New York Times) (CNN)
- Vietnamese soldiers clash with thousands of Hmong Christians in Dien Bien Province demanding religious freedom and autonomy in the northwest of the country, in the worst ethnic unrest in Vietnam in years. The US-based Center for Public Policy Analysis claims that at least 28 protesters were killed and hundreds more were missing, while 3,000 protesters remained at the site, according to officials. (BBC) (Straits Times) (Bangkok Post)
- A US drone attack kills two suspected al-Qaeda members in Shabwa province, Yemen. (The Telegraph)
- Claude Choules, the last known combat veteran from World War I, dies in Perth, Western Australia. (AP via MSNBC) (BBC)
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