Bahrain: The so-called national dialogue has failed to appease the country's opposition amid rising concerns over the government's determination to find a balanced solution to of the current crisis in Bahrain. The opposition voiced frustration with the government at the national dialogue conference after the country's largest opposition party, al-Wefaq, left the negotiations. Facing a countrywide anti-regime revolution, Manama launched the talks on July 2 with the alleged aim of introducing reforms in the Bahraini government.

Syria: A number of night protests were organized in several neighborhoods of the capital Damascus and its countryside amid a crackdown by security forces. Eleven people, including one child, were killed and 250 were arrested in the city of Kanaker, south of Damascus, in what Syrian authorities say was an operation to capture armed terrorist groups.

Libya: Libyan revolutionaries launched an attack on Muammar Gaddafi's battalions stationed at the foot of the Western Mountains, specifically in the towns of Takut and al-Ghazaya. The revolutionaries initiated the military operation to seize control of the strategic mountain towns because they are being used by the regime's battalions to shell Nalut and the Wazin-Dhehaiba crossing at the Tunisian border. Images posted online also show fierce battles in al-Brega and the revolutionaries' vigorous attempt to maintain a siege around Gaddafi's battalions in the city.