The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, starting with protests in Tunisia.
It resulted in:
•Tunisia: President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ousted, charged, exiled and government overthrown.
•Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak ousted, arrested, charged, and government overthrown.
•Libya: Leader Muammar Gaddafi killed following an eight-month civil war that saw a foreign military intervention and the government overthrown.
•Yemen: President Ali Abdullah Saleh ousted, and power handed to a national unity government.
•Syria: President Bashar al-Assad faced civil uprising against his rule that deteriorated into armed rebellion and eventual full-scale civil war.
•Bahrain: Civil uprising against the government crushed by authorities and Saudi-led intervention.
•Kuwait, Lebanon and Oman: Government changes implemented in response to protests.
•Morocco, Jordan and Palestine: Constitutional reforms implemented in response to protests.
•Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan and other Arab countries: Protests.
