
From the stirrings in Tunisia to start the year to the violence in Libya, the Middle East and North Africa have been a region in transition.


The Egyptian president's career from 1975 until the present.

The U.N. Security Council voted March 17 to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and to "take all necessary measures" - without using an occupation force - to protect civilians and population centers under the threat of attack in Libya. Click the markers to learn more about the intervention in Libya, and scroll down to learn more about the developments in Libya's civil war.
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