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The Arab Spring events in Syria subsequently escalated into the Syrian civil war. The war caused massive political instability and economic hardship in Syria, with the Syrian pound plunging to new lows. [273] On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime collapsed during a major offensive by opposition forces.
The conflict became a proxy war between Egypt and Saudi Arabia following the establishment of the Nasserist Yemen Arab Republic in 1962. The term "Arab Cold War" was first used by Malcolm H. Kerr, an American political scientist and Middle East scholar, in his 1965 book of the same name and subsequent editions. [3]
2010 December Protests arose in Tunisia following Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation. On 29 December, protests begin in Algeria 2011 January Protests arose in Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, & Morocco. The government was overthrown in Tunisia on 14 January 2011. On 25 January 2011, thousands of protesters in Egypt gathered in Tahrir Square, in Cairo. They demanded the resignation of ...
Tunisia has carried an especially heavy burden over the past decade. It was the first country to cast out a longtime dictator as part of the Arab Spring revolts. Now comes a constitutional crisis ...
The current phase of the conflict began in 2011 when the Arab Spring sparked a revolutionary wave across the Middle East and North Africa, leading to revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and the outbreak of civil war in Libya and Syria. The Arab Spring in 2011 destabilized three major regional actors, Iraq, Syria and Egypt, creating a ...
The 1952–1991 Arab Cold War, new republics led by Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and traditionalist kingdoms, led by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia; Cold War in the Middle East, the regional aspect of the global Cold War, 1947-1991; The 21st century Iran–Israel proxy conflict, sometimes called the Iran–Israel Cold War
A look at key moments since Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel, sparking a war that, a year later, threatens to ignite the Middle East. Israel and Hamas at war: A timeline of major events since ...
The Cold War is considered to have "officially" ended on 3 December 1989 during the Malta Summit between the Soviet and American leaders. [19] However, many historians argue that the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991 was the end of the Cold War.