Arab Spring
December 17, 2010 – December 31, 2012
Related events (1 degree away • 2 degrees away)
2011
2012
Arab Spring
Wave of protests and uprisings across the Arab world that overthrew rulers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen and started civil wars in Syria and Libya.
Location
- Tunis 36.8065, 10.1815
Commanders
Other 5
Mohamed Bouazizi
Street vendor, His self-immolation set off the Tunisian protests · 1984–2011
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
President of Tunisia, Fled in January 2011 · 1936–2019
Hosni Mubarak
President of Egypt, Forced to resign in February 2011 · 1928–2020
Muammar Gaddafi
Leader of Libya, Overthrown and killed in October 2011 · 1942–2011
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syria, Crushed the protests, leading to civil war · 1965–?