Arab Spring

  • Protests start in Tunisia

    Protests start in Tunisia
  • Protests arise in Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, and Morocco

  • Tunisian government overthrown

    Tunisian government overthrown
  • Egyptian protestors gather in Cairo, demand resignation of Mubarak

    Egyptian protestors gather in Cairo, demand resignation of Mubarak
  • King Abdullah II of Jordan dismisses Prime minister and his cabinet

    King Abdullah II of Jordan dismisses Prime minister and his cabinet
  • Mubarak resigns, transfers power to Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

    Mubarak resigns, transfers power to Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
  • Protests start in Iraq

    Protests start in Iraq
  • Protests start in Bahrain

    Protests start in Bahrain
  • Protests start in Benghazi, Libya

    Protests start in Benghazi, Libya
  • Protests start in Kuwait

    Protests start in Kuwait
  • Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Shafik resigns

  • Uprisings begin in Syria

    Uprisings begin in Syria
  • President of Yemen injured in assassination attempt

  • Kuwaitis rally against dissolution of opposition parliament

  • Consitutional referendum in Morocco

    Consitutional referendum in Morocco
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    Battle of Tripoli, Libya. Rebel froces take control of capital

  • 3,000 Kuwaitis gather to protest changes to electoral law

  • Abdullah II approves changes to all 42 articles of Consitution

  • Coptic Christians protest destruction of church in Egypt, many killed

  • Muammar Gaddafi captured and kield by rebels in Sirte

    Muammar Gaddafi captured and kield by rebels in Sirte
  • Abdullah dismisses prime minister Marouf al-Bakhit

  • Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, captured in Nigeria

    Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, captured in Nigeria
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    Cairo protests to speed up implementation of civilian government. Many people killed

  • Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry releases report revealing torture and human rights violations

  • Kuwait Prime Minister Nasser Al-Sabah resigns

    Kuwait Prime Minister Nasser Al-Sabah resigns
  • Egyptian women protest against human rights violations