This whole mess in Syria is a small part of an Arab wide movement called the "Arab Spring" that is a movement to remove the rulers of many countries. "The Arab Spring (Arabic: الربيع العربي , ar-rabīˁ al-ˁarabī) is a term for the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both non-violent and violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010. To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia,[1] Egypt (twice),[2] Libya,[3] and Yemen;[4] civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain[5] and Syria;[6] major protests have broken out in Algeria,[7] Iraq,[8] Jordan,[9] Kuwait,[10] Morocco,[11] and Sudan;[12] and minor protests have occurred in Mauritania,[13] Oman,[14] Saudi Arabia,[15] Djibouti,[16] Western Sahara[17], the Palestinian Authority and Kosovo."
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:43:48 +0000
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