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After mass protests in Egypt and a popular uprising in Tunisia that ousted its long-time leader, thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in the capital Sanaa, calling on Ali Abdullah Saleh, president for more than 30 years, to step down.
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The protests constituted the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades.
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In December 2010, mass anti-government protests began in Tunisia and later spread across the Arab world, including Syria.
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The people of Tunisia started to protest when a man started selling veggies and they seized his cart.
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revolutionary demonstrations, protests, and civil wars occuring in the Arab World.
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The president of Tunisia vowed to punish the protestors.
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Even though the President vowed to punish the protestors, they still continued on Janurary 9, 2011.
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Protests occurred in many towns in both the north and south of Yemen starting in mid-January 2011. Demonstrators initially protested against governmental proposals to modify the constitution of Yemen, unemployment and economic conditions,[203] and corruption,[204] but their demands soon included a call for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh,[204][205][206] who had been facing internal opposition from his closest advisors since 2009.[207]
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Anti-government protests began in Libya on 15 February 2011.
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At least four people are killed in an early-morning raid by security forces on Pearl Square, the focal point of an anti-government demonstrations in Bahrain, street battles with riot police.
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Inspired by the uprising in Tunisia and prior to his entry as a central figure in Egyptian politics, potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei warned of a "Tunisia-style explosion" in Egypt.[184]
