Syria: Syrian forces have begun withdrawing from the city of Ariha in Idlib province. This comes after the Syrian forces deployed in the city of Hama withdrew this morning. The withdrawals began after Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited the Syrian capital yesterday and requested that the Syrian leadership pull the army out of Syrian cities and release detainees. Meanwhile, the death toll from yesterday's military operations in Syria reached 21, including 17 in the city of Deir az-Zour alone.

Bahrain: Supporters of Bahrain's February 14 Revolution issued a statement calling on Bahrainis to attend Thursday night's "Self-Determination VII" march in the Sanabis area, located near Pearl Roundabout. The statement condemned the al-Khalifa regime's attempt to thwart the people's revolution with its military crackdown, harassment campaign, and martial law. The statement confirmed the commitment to the popular slogan "the people want to topple the regime" instead of slogan "reform the regime." Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society announced it will hold a festival next Friday under the banner "No Retreat," on what it is calling the Friday of Decisiveness.

Libya: Libyan state TV aired a video of Muammar Gaddafi's son, Khamis al-Gaddafi, visiting the wounded in a hospital in the capital Tripoli. Several days ago, reports emerged indicating that Khamis al-Gaddafi had been killed in a NATO air raid in the city of Zlitan in western Libya. The Libyan regime denied the reports, saying they were aimed at diverting attention from the killing of the revolutionaries' military commander, Abdul Fatah Younis.