2011 Arab Spring revolution

Syria arrests Assad-era officer seen as responsible for triggering 2011 uprising

January 31, 2025 10:41 pm

Atef Najib, a brigadier general and former head of the Political Security Department in Daraa, was arrested by General Security forces in the country's western Latakia province, state media SANA said.

Yemen: 10 years after the Arab Spring, new hopes sprout

February 11, 2021 2:35 pm

Yemen's Arab Spring uprisings led to a raging civil war that has inflicted immense suffering on the population for the past seven years. Will the US's halt on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and a new envoy help bring peace?

Sudan protesters show resilience, employ Arab Spring tactics

January 21, 2019 1:00 pm

Demonstrators, many in their 20s and 30s, are trying to remove an authoritarian leader and win freedoms and human rights.

Egypt's army overthrows Mohamed Morsi,places him under house arrest

July 04, 2013 2:44 am

Egypt's military moved forcefully to seize power from Morsi,delighting millions who hated Islamist rule but incensing his supporters.

Egypt awaits its revolution five years after Mubarak

February 12, 2016 4:37 pm