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;Armed conflict and attacks

  • 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian Navy gunboats fire heavy machine guns targeting waterfront districts in Latakia, as ground troops and security agents backed by armor storm several neighborhoods. Up to 26 people are killed. [http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syria-shells-port-city-of-latakia-at-least-26-dead-1.378593 (Haaretz)] [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4108606,00.html (Ynet News)]
  • Iran confirms the arrest of the second-in-command of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Murat Karayılan, by the country's intelligence agency. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail/193919.html (PressTV)]
  • Anti-Muammar Gaddafi rebels make major progress in the 2011 Libyan civil war, advancing into Zawiya, only 50 km west of the capital city, Tripoli. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/us-libya-idUSTRE77A2Y920110814 (Reuters)]

;Law and crime

  • Egyptian activist Asmaa Mahfouz is charged with inciting violence in what seems to be a clear violation of human rights. [http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/18823/Egypt/Politics-/Military-interrogates-activist-Asmaa-Mahfouz,-accu.aspx (Al-Ahram)] [http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/486305 (Almasry Alyoum)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0xoScsMNw7ot-Egxk1mahUQvtQw?docId=932770894c45446c91937cd8d41d26d9 (Associated Press)] [http://www.com/world/middle-east/prominent-egypt-activist-charged-with-inciting-violence-through-social-networking-sites/2011/08/14/gIQAYScUFJ_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost (Washington Post)]
  • Six people are killed in a stabbing incident on the Channel Island of Jersey [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-14523741 (BBC)]
  • 2011 England riots
  • A third person is charged with the murder of three men hit by a car in Birmingham. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14521303 (BBC)]

;Politics

;Sport

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