Arbia Spring

By nathain
  • Khaled Said beaten by police

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    Ariba Spring

  • Tunisia Mohamed Bouazizi’s protest

    Mohamed Bouazizi’s protest
  • Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia

  • Ben Ali sentenced to 35 years in jail in abstentia

  • Day of Rage” protests in Tahrir Square

  • Hosni Mubarak resigns

  • Thousands of protesters gather at the Pearl Roundabout in the capitalManama to protest government violence at funeral of pro-democracy protester

  • protest begins in Benghazi

  • Pearl Roundabout destroyed

  • UN Security Council votes to refer Muammar Gaddafi to InternationalCriminal Court for war crimes

  • Gulf Cooperation Council troops under the leadership of Saudi Arabiaenter Bahrain

  • UN Security Council backs no fly zone and airstrikes to protect Libyancivilians

  • (Operation Odyssey Dawn) NATO commands air & missile strikesagainst Muammar Gaddafi

  • Assad sacks cabinet, hints at reform

    Assad sacks cabinet, hints at reform
  • “Friday of Martyrs”

    “Friday of Martyrs”
  • International Contact Group on Libya formally recognizes oppositiongovernment National Transitional Council

  • Muammar Gaddafi killed

  • Constituent Assembly results, Ennahda (moderate Islamist party) wins amajority

  • Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali took office

  • Freedom and Justice Party (affiliated with Muslim Brotherhood) winmajority of seats in Parliamentary elections

  • Ennahda announces constitution will not cite Islamic law underscoringsecular nature of government

  • Houla massacre

    Houla massacre
  • Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life sentence for killing protesters

  • Mohammad Morsi (Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate) elected President

  • General National Congress elections held

  • Nearly 20 Senior Syrian Military Officers Defect Assad's Regime

    Nearly 20 Senior Syrian Military Officers Defect Assad's Regime
  • Morsi asserts political control over military by forcing military chief toresign

  • “Freedom and Democracy” Rally draws perhaps as many as 100,000