Arab spring

Summary of protests by country

Country	Date started	Status of protests	Outcome	Death toll	Situation
Tunisia	18 December 2010	Revolution on 14 January 2011 Protests subdued since March 2011	• Ousting of President Ben Ali[53] and Prime MinisterGhannouchi  • Dissolution of the political police[54]  • Dissolution of the RCD, the former ruling party of Tunisia and liquidation of its assets[55]  • Release of political prisoners  • Elections to a Constituent Assembly on 23 October 2011[56]	223[57][58]	Revolution
Algeria	28 December 2010	Subdued since April 2011	• Lifting of the 19-year-old state of emergency[59][60]	8[61]	Major protests
Lebanon	12 January 2011	Limited	• a 40% increase in wages.[62]	17[63][64]	Protests and governmental changes
Jordan	14 January 2011	Ongoing	• King Abdullah II dismisses Prime Minister Rifai and his cabinet.[65]  • Months later, Abdullah dismisses Prime MinisterBakhit and his cabinet after complaints of slow progress on promised reforms.[66]	1[67][68]	Protests and governmental changes
Mauritania	17 January 2011	Subdued since May 2011		1[69]	Protests
Sudan	17 January 2011	Subdued since April 2011	• President Bashir announces he will not seek another term in 2015.[70]	1[71]	Protests
Oman	17 January 2011	Ended May 2011	• Economic concessions by SultanQaboos;[72][73][74][75]  • Dismissal of ministers;[76][77]  • Granting of lawmaking powers to Oman's elected legislature[78]	2–6[79][80][81]	Protests and governmental changes
Saudi Arabia	21 January 2011	Subdued since June 2011	• Economic concessions by King Abdullah;[82][83]  • Male-only municipal elections to be held 22 September 2011[84][85]  • King Abdullah announces women's approval to vote and take part in next Shura Council and municipal elections, in 2015.	2[86][87]	Protests
Egypt	25 January 2011	Revolution on 11 February 2011 Protests ongoing	• Ousting of President Mubarak and Prime MinistersNazif and Shafik;[88]  • Assumption of power by the Armed Forces;[89]  • Suspension of the Constitution, dissolution of theParliament;[90]  • Disbanding of State Security Investigations Service;[91]  • Dissolution of the NDP, the former ruling party of Egypt and transfer of its assets to the state[92]  • Prosecution of Mubarak, his family and his former ministers.[93][94][95]	875[96]	Revolution
Yemen	3 February 2011	Ongoing	• Resignation of MPs from the ruling party[97]  • On the 4 June, President Ali Abdullah Saleh is injured in an attack on his compound in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. Saleh has returned to Yemen on 23 September 2011.[98]  • Vice President Abd al-Rahman Mansur al-Haditakes over as Acting President on 4 June 2011.[99]	1,436-1,782[100][101]	Sustained civil disorder and governmental changes
Iraq	10 February 2011	Subdued since August 2011	• Prime Minister Maliki announces that he will not run for a 3rd term;[102]  • Resignation of provincial governors and local authorities[103]	35[104]	Major protests
Bahrain	14 February 2011	Ongoing	• Economic concessions by King Hamad;[105]  • Release of political prisoners;[106]  • Negotiations with Shia representatives;[107]  • GCC intervention at the request of the Government of Bahrain	36[108]	Sustained civil disorder and governmental changes
Libya	17 February 2011	Gaddafi killed on 20 October 2011, Civil war ended with Libya's Liberation on 23 October 2011.[109][110][111]	• Overthrow of Gaddafi; Gaddafi killed by NTC forces after fall of Sirte.  • Opposition forces seize control of all major Libyan cities, including the capital, Tripoli andBenghazi.[112][113][114]  • Formation of the National Transitional Council[115][116]  • UN-mandated NATO, Jordanian, Qatari, Swedish, and Emirati military intervention[117]  • Replacement of the green Libyan flag with the pre-Gaddafi tricolour.	25,000[118]–30,000[119]	Civil war
Kuwait	18 February 2011	Subdued since 31 March 2011, resumed in September. [120]	• Resignation of Cabinet[121]	0[122]	Protests and governmental changes
Morocco	20 February 2011	Subdued since July 2011	• Political concessions by King Mohammed VI;[123]  • Referendum on constitutional reforms;  • Respect to civil rights and an end to corruption[124]	1[125]	Protests and governmental changes
Western Sahara	26 February 2011	Subdued since May 2011		0	Protests
Syria	15 March 2011	Ongoing	• Release of some political prisoners;[126][127]  • End of Emergency Law;  • Dismissal of Provincial Governors;[128][129]  • Military action in Hama, Daraa and other areas;[130]  • Resignations from Parliament;[131]  • Resignation of the Government;[132]  • Small defections within Syrian army and clashes among soldiers;[133]  • Formation of The Free Officers  • Formation of The National Council of Syria[134]	3,045–4,300[135]	Sustained civil disorder and government changes
IsraeliBorders. Countries[show]	15 May 2011	Ended 5 June 2011		30–40[136][137]	Major protests
Total death toll:				30,430–37,140+(International estimate, ongoing)