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Date December 2010 - 2013
Location Bahrain • Libya • North Africa • Syria • Tunisia
Participants Arab

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Jasmine Revolution
Arab Spring: Egypt's January 25 Revolution
Yemen Uprising of 2011–12
Benghazi, Libya: protests in 2011
Syria: antigovernment protesters
Yemeni demonstrators in Sanaa calling for an end to the government of Pres. ʿAlī ʿAbd Allāh Ṣāliḥ in January 2011.
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Timeline

Jasmine Revolution
Jasmine Revolution
December 17, 2010 - January 14, 2011
Yemen Uprising of 2011–12
Yemen Uprising of 2011–12
January 27, 2011 - 2012
The Toppling of the Assad Regime
Syrian Civil War
February 2011 - present
key locations of the 2011 revolt in Libya
Libya Revolt of 2011
February 15, 2011 - present

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