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The Arab Spring

Can you guess these facts about the Arab Spring?
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Last updated: November 9, 2022
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The Arab Spring protests begin when this man sets himself
on fire to protest corruption and injustice.
Mohamed Bouazizi
The country in which the above took place. It was the only country to
successfully establish a democratic government following the protests.
Tunisia
Protests in Egypt soon follow and masses famously gathered in this square.
Tahrir Square
This Egyptian president steps down as a result of these protests.
Hosni Mubarak
In Libya, rebels set up this city as their base of operations, the country's
second largest city.
Benghazi
This international organization sends in missiles to assist Libyan rebel groups.
NATO
This Libyan president is captured by rebels and executed.
Muammar Gaddafi
This country on the Arabian peninsula is thrown into a civil war as a result of
Arab Spring protests.
Yemen
In the above, this Shia rebel group takes control of much of the country.
Houthi
This Syrian president cracks down upon protesters throughout the
country throwing it into a brutal civil war.
Bashar al-Assad
The population of this Syrian city drops from over 3 million to around 600,000.
Aleppo
This Iraqi-based "caliphate" controls several Syrian regions during the war.
ISIS
This autonomous region uses the war to take control of
much the of northern region of Syria.
Kurdistan
This country brutally crushes protests with the help of the Saudis and Emiratis.
Bahrain
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