Editing 2010s (section)

===Revolutions and major protests===
{{Main|List of protests in the 21st century}}
Successful [[revolution]]s and otherwise major [[protest]]s of the decade include, but are not limited to:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! Event
! Date
! Country
! Events
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
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| [[2010 Kyrgyz Revolution]]
| 6 April – 14 December 2010 
| {{flag|Kyrgyzstan|1992}}
| Kyrgyz President [[Kurmanbek Bakiyev]] fled [[Bishkek]] amid fierce anti-government riots as the opposition seized control.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8608708.stm |title=Kyrgyz opposition seizes control |date=8 April 2010 |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109024351/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8608708.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Occupy Wall Street]] and the [[Occupy movement]]
| September 17, 2011 – {{circa|2013}}
| {{flag|United States}}
| Hundreds of protesters marched into the financial district of [[Wall Street]] in [[New York City]], beginning the [[Occupy Wall Street]] [[Occupy movement|movement]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2011/09/17/technology/occupy_wall_street/index.htm |title=Hundreds of protesters descend to 'Occupy Wall Street' |publisher=money.cnn.com |date=17 September 2011 |access-date=17 September 2011 |archive-date=18 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918123424/http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/17/technology/occupy_wall_street/index.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Rojava conflict|Rojava revolution]]
|19 July 2012 – present
|{{flag|Rojava}}
| A sub-conflict of the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian Civil War]].
|
|-
| [[Gezi Park protests]]
| 28 May 2013 – 30 August 2013
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in [[Turkey]] began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for [[Istanbul]]'s [[Taksim Gezi Park]].
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| [[Euromaidan]] and the [[Revolution of Dignity]]
| 21 November 2013 – 23 February 2014
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Viktor Yanukovych]] fled the country following violent protests in the capital, [[Kyiv]]. The opposition-controlled [[Verkhovna Rada]] voted to remove Yanukovych as president.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/world/europe/ukraine.html |title=Archrival Is Freed as Ukraine Leader Flees |last1=Higgins |first1=Andrew |date=22 February 2014 |last2=Kramer |first2=Andrew E. |work=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=13 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213174408/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/world/europe/ukraine.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Abkhazian Revolution]]
|27 May – 1 June 2014
|{{flag|Abkhazia}}
|In a quick turn of events, the president of the [[List of states with limited recognition|breakway republic]], [[Alexander Ankvab]], was ousted from power after the government building was stormed.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Eurasianet |title=Abkhazia: the post-Soviet revolution the world blinked and missed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/09/abkhazia-russia-post-soviet-revolution |work=The Guardian |access-date=19 November 2019 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115063005/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/09/abkhazia-russia-post-soviet-revolution |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2014 Burkina Faso uprising]]
|28 October – 3 November 2014
|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|A series of demonstrations and [[riot]]s in [[Burkina Faso]] in October 2014. Demonstrations began in response to controversial attempts to introduce a constitutional amendment that would lift term limits and allow [[President of Burkina Faso|President]] [[Blaise Compaoré]] to run for additional terms as president and extend his years in office. On 30 October, Compaoré dissolved the government and fled to [[Côte d'Ivoire]] and was succeeded by [[Yacouba Isaac Zida]].
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| [[2015–2016 protests in Brazil]]
|15 March 2015 – 31 July 2016 
|{{flag|Brazil}}
| In 2015 and 2016, a series of protests in Brazil denounced [[Operation Car Wash|government corruption]] and the presidency of [[Dilma Rousseff]], being the largest popular mobilisations in the country since the beginning of the "[[History of Brazil since 1985|New Republic]]".
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/mais-de-1-milhao-de-pessoas-protestam-contra-dilma-pelo-pais/ |title=Mais de 1 milhão de pessoas protestam contra Dilma pelo país {{!}} EXAME |website=exame.abril.com.br |language=pt-BR |access-date=25 June 2018 |archive-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030231/https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/mais-de-1-milhao-de-pessoas-protestam-contra-dilma-pelo-pais/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Burundian unrest (2015–2018)|Burundian unrest]]
|26 April 2015 – 17 May 2018
|{{flag|Burundi}}
| [[Burundi]] faces unrest as [[List of presidents of Burundi|President]] [[Pierre Nkurunziza]] seeks a third term in office, resulting in hundreds killed and thousands more fleeing the country.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/may/19/burundi-refugees-rwanda-no-turning-back-fears-grow-reprisals |title=Burundi refugees say there is no turning back as fears grow of reprisals at home |last1=Sullivan |first1=Katherine |last2=Bugesera |first2=in |date=19 May 2015 |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118140857/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/may/19/burundi-refugees-rwanda-no-turning-back-fears-grow-reprisals |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2018–2019 Gaza border protests]]
|30 March 2018 – 27 December 2019
|{{flag|Israel}}{{flag|Palestine}}
|Protests against the [[Blockade of the Gaza Strip]], with 183 protesters killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoIOPT/A_HRC_40_74.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoIOPT/A_HRC_40_74.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory}}</ref>
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|[[2018 Armenian Revolution]]
|31 March – 8 May 2018
|{{flag|Armenia}}
| Various political and civil groups led by member of parliament [[Nikol Pashinyan]] staged anti-government protests in Armenia. Prime Minister [[Serzh Sargsyan]] resigned on 23 April 2018. Nikol Pashinyan was elected Prime Minister on 8 May 2018.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2018/04/23/breaking-serge-sarkisian-resigns-as-prime-minister/ |title=Breaking: Serge Sarkisian Resigns as Prime Minister |last=Hairenik |date=23 April 2018 |work=The Armenian Weekly |access-date=26 April 2018 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224184816/https://armenianweekly.com/2018/04/23/breaking-serge-sarkisian-resigns-as-prime-minister/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/08/hes-not-a-populist-hes-popular-nikol-pashinyan-becomes-armenian-pm |title='He's not a populist, he's popular': Nikol Pashinyan becomes Armenian PM |last=Roth |first=Andrew |date=8 May 2018 |website=The Guardian |access-date=8 May 2018 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130112645/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/08/hes-not-a-populist-hes-popular-nikol-pashinyan-becomes-armenian-pm |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests]]
|29 July – 1 September 2018
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|Nation-wide protests mainly by students after reckless driving caused deaths of two high school students.
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1352131/world |title=Bangladesh approves new road safety law to placate protesters |date=6 August 2018 |website=Arab News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://southasiajournal.net/bangladesh-students-started-an-enduring-movement-even-as-street-protests-end/ |title=Bangladesh: Students Started an Enduring Movement Even as Street Protests End |date=10 August 2018 |access-date=21 November 2020 |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129105305/http://southasiajournal.net/bangladesh-students-started-an-enduring-movement-even-as-street-protests-end/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Yellow vests protests]]
| 17 November 2018 – present
|{{flag|France}}
|[[France]] experiences its worst [[civil unrest]] since the [[May 1968 events in France|protests of 1968]] due to the [[yellow vests movement]]. Protests in [[Paris]] morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested. Over 100 cars are burned and numerous tourist sites are closed.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Yellow vest protests 'economic catastrophe' for France |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46499996 |date=9 December 2018 |work=BBC News |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209134544/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46499996 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Sudanese revolution]]
|19 December 2018 – 12 September 2019
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|Amid [[2018–19 Sudanese protests|mass protests]], [[Omar al-Bashir]] is deposed as [[President of Sudan]] in [[2019 Sudanese coup d'état|a coup d'état]], after nearly 30 years in office.
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|[[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]]
|9 June 2019 – 2020
|{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|Mass protests take place in [[Hong Kong]] against an [[2019 Hong Kong extradition bill|extradition bill]] that many observed would subject Hong Kong residents and those passing through the city to ''de facto'' jurisdiction of Chinese courts. Despite Hong Kong Chief Executive [[Carrie Lam]] announcing the bill to be "dead" after weeks of mass protests, waves of localised demonstrations continued, some resulting in violent clashes between police, pro-democracy activists, local residents, and [[Triad (organized crime)|Triad]] members.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/01/why-hong-kong-has-become-city-protests/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1 July 2019 |title=Why Hong Kong has become a city of protests |access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-22/hong-kong-tempts-china-s-ire-as-protests-take-more-violent-turn |publisher=Bloomberg |date=22 July 2019 |title=Hong Kong Tempts China's Ire as Protests Take More Violent Turn |access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref>
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| [[2019 Ecuadorian protests]]
|3 – 14 October 2019
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
| On 3 October 2019, taxi, bus and truck drivers came out in protest against the planned fuel subsidy abolition and austerity measures announced by President [[Lenín Moreno]]. The government seat was relocated from [[Quito]] to [[Guayaquil]] and a state of emergency was declared following violent protests.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/ecuador-declares-state-emergency-fuel-protests-block-roads-191003211135894.html |title=Ecuador declares state of emergency as fuel protests block roads |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 October 2019 |archive-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004142833/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/ecuador-declares-state-emergency-fuel-protests-block-roads-191003211135894.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]]
|7 October 2019 – 21 December 2021
|{{flag|Chile}}
| On 18 October 2019, a period of mass protests and violent unrest began in Chile. The protests were initially in response to a fare hike on the [[Santiago Metro]], but the scope of the protestors' demands has since expanded.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/chile-protests-chileans-demand-constitution-unrest-191105005906927.html |title=Chile protests: Chileans demand new constitution amid unrest |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref>
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|[[2019 Bolivian protests]]
|21 October – 21 November 2019
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
| Following [[2019 Bolivian general election|a disputed election]], protests forced [[Evo Morales]], the president since 2006, to resign and flee to [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nugent |first1=Ciara |title=Bolivian President Evo Morales Has Resigned After Nearly 14 Years in Power. Here's What to Know |url=https://time.com/5723753/bolivia-evo-morales-resigns/ |magazine=Time |access-date=19 November 2019 |archive-date=18 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118203855/https://time.com/5723753/bolivia-evo-morales-resigns/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The new president, [[Jeanine Áñez]], continued to face opposition from pro-Morales protestors.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Clashes Rock Bolivia as its New Interim Leader is Challenged |url=https://time.com/5727991/clashes-bolivia/ |magazine=Time |access-date=19 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114070533/https://time.com/5727991/clashes-bolivia/ |archive-date=14 November 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[File:Wallst14occupy.jpg|thumb|upright|Concerns over [[economic inequality]], greed and the influence of corporations on government led to the rise of the [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement in 2011|center]]
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|[[File:Umbrella Revolution in Admiralty Night View 20141010.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[2014 Hong Kong protests]]|center]]
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|[[File:Manifestation contre le 5e mandat de Bouteflika (Blida).jpg|thumb|[[Algeria]]n protesters gather during the 2019 [[2019 Algerian protests|"Smile Revolution"]]|center]]
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====Arab Spring====
{{Main|Arab Spring|Impact of the Arab Spring}}

The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Islamic world in the early 2010s. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low [[standard of living]], starting with protests in [[Tunisia]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2011 |title=FEATURE-Peddler's martyrdom launched Tunisia's revolution |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/tunisia-protests-bouazizi-idAFLDE70G18J20110119/ |publisher=Reuters |access-date=16 September 2024 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106020438/https://www.reuters.com/article/tunisia-protests-bouazizi-idAFLDE70G18J20110119 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.payvand.com/news/11/feb/1080.html |title=Uprisings in the region and ignored indicators |website=Payvand |access-date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425231858/http://www.payvand.com/news/11/feb/1080.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Social media]] was heralded as the driving force behind the swift spread of revolution throughout the world, as new protests appeared in response to success stories shared from those taking place in other countries. Many governments began recognising the importance of social media for citizens to organise and began shutting down certain websites or blocking Internet service entirely, especially prior to major rallies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8287737/Egypt-protests-internet-service-disrupted-before-large-rally.html |title=Egypt protests: Internet service disrupted before large rally |date=28 January 2011 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=16 September 2024 |archive-date=16 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916072624/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8287737/Egypt-protests-internet-service-disrupted-before-large-rally.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Governments also scrutinised or suppressed discussion in online forums through accusing content creators of unrelated crimes or shutting down communication on specific sites or groups, such as through [[Facebook]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Skinner |first=Julia |date=10 December 2011 |title=Social Media and Revolution: The Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement as Seen through Three Information Studies Paradigms |url=https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1482&context=sprouts_all |journal=Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) |pages=3}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! Event
! Date
! Country
! Description
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| [[Tunisian revolution]]
|18 December 2010 – 14 January 2011
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
| Amidst anti-government protests, Tunisia's president [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency and resigned from office.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12195025 |title=Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali forced out |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411055853/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12195025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 Egyptian revolution]]
| 25 January – 11 February 2011
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|On 11 February 2011, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that [[Mubarak]] resigned as president, turning power over to the [[Supreme Council of the Armed Forces]] (SCAF). 
|-
| [[2011 Bahraini uprising]]
| 14 February – 18 March 2011
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
| [[Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa]], King of [[Bahrain]], declared a three-month [[state of emergency]] as troops from the [[Gulf Co-operation Council]] were sent to quell the civil unrest.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12751464 |title=Two killed in Bahrain violence despite martial law |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130222317/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12751464 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Libyan civil war (2011)|Libyan civil war]]
| 15 February – 13 October 2011
|{{flag|Libya|1977}}
| Facing protests against his 42-year rule, [[Muammar Gaddafi]] refused to step down and sent in the military to brutally quell protests.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/world/africa/19libya.html |title=Clashes in Libya Worsen as Army Crushes Dissent |last=Shadid |first=Anthony |date=18 February 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=3 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503154431/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/world/africa/19libya.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8335934/Libya-protests-140-massacred-as-Gaddafi-sends-in-snipers-to-crush-dissent.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8335934/Libya-protests-140-massacred-as-Gaddafi-sends-in-snipers-to-crush-dissent.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Libya protests: 140 'massacred' as Gaddafi sends in snipers to crush dissent |last=Meo |first=Nick |date=20 February 2011 |website=The Telegraph |access-date=26 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> As a result, many army units defected to the opposition and protests soon turned into an armed rebellion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/in-eastern-libya-defectors-and-volunteers-build-rebel-army/72018/ |title=In Eastern Libya, Defectors and Volunteers Build Rebel Army |last=Gillis |first=Clare Morgana |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405041919/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/in-eastern-libya-defectors-and-volunteers-build-rebel-army/72018/ |url-status=live}}</ref> With [[2011 military intervention in Libya|international help]], the rebels captured [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/world/africa/24libya.html |title=Qaddafi Defiant After Rebel Takeover |last=Kirkpatrick |first=David D. |date=23 August 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405014552/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/world/africa/24libya.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and eventually [[Sirte]], Gaddafi's hometown and last outpost, where he was killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE79J09O20111020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022172715/http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE79J09O20111020 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2011 |title=Gaddafi killed as Libya's revolt claims hometown |date=20 October 2011 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Syrian civil war]]
| 15 March 2011 – present
|{{flag|Ba'athist Syria}}
| Protests erupted in [[Syria]] against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, with police and the army sent in to crack down on protesters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/middleeast/19syria.html |title=Police Kill 6 Protesters in Syria |date=18 March 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=22 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322061301/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/middleeast/19syria.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12749674 |title=Mid-East unrest: Syrian protests in Damascus and Aleppo |work=BBC News |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721134738/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12749674 |url-status=live}}</ref> They later morphed into war after army officers defected to the opposition, forming the [[Free Syrian Army]] (FSA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/free-syrian-army-established-to-fight-the-syrian-army/ |title=Free Syrian Army Founded by Seven Officers to Fight the Syrian Army |last=Landis |first=Joshua |date=29 July 2011 |website=The Jakarta Post |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=5 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105232713/http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/free-syrian-army-established-to-fight-the-syrian-army/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> It led to the Kurdish parties called the [[Syrian Democratic Forces|SDF]] to secede from Northeastern Syria, forming [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Rojava]]. The war also allowed for Islamic extremist groups like [[Al-Nusra Front]] and ISIL to temporarily take control of vast amounts of territory.
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[[File:Arab Spring and Regional Conflict Map.svg|300px|thumb|The '''[[Arab Spring]]''' saw mass unrest in the [[Arab world]] early in the decade:<br />{{legend2|#800080|Government overthrown multiple times}}<br />{{legend2|#000018|Government overthrown}}<br />{{legend2|#800000|Civil war}}<br />{{legend2|#008080|Protests and governmental changes}}<br />{{legend2|#d43f00|Major protests}}<br />{{legend2|#deaa87|Minor protests}} {{legend2|#999999|Other protests and militant action outside the Arab world}}|center]]
|[[File:Tahrir Square during 8 February 2011.jpg|thumb|Protesters in [[Tahrir Square]] during the [[Egyptian revolution of 2011]].|center]]
|[[File:NTC fighters claim Bani Walid.jpg|thumb|upright|[[National Transitional Council|Anti-Ghaddafi]] fighters celebrate during the [[Libyan Civil War (2011)|Libyan Civil War]].|center]]
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