Summaries. Daily chart: Return of the shoe throwers. Arab Spring: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News. Map of the Arab Spring Protests on Tripline. How the Arab Spring began. Arab World Uprisings: A Country-by-Country Look - Interactive Feature. A revolution for all seasons - Empire. The winds of change have swept the Arab world, with uneven results. Progress in places like Tunisia and Egypt, repression in Syria, bloody stalemate in Yemen, and unfinished business in Libya: the Arab Spring is at a crucial stage. The impressive achievements since January have also highlighted new challenges. Islamist movements, long banned during decades of repression, are out in the open and face new types of political challenges and responsibilities. Will political changes in the region pass the test of national unity in the likes of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya?
Whilst the Syrian regime attempts to crush the growing opposition, killing thousands from Homs to Dar'a, the Syrian people continue their marches calling for change and democracy. As the Arab League enters the fray and Syria asks for international protection, where is the country heading? Meanwhile, as Libya emerges from NATO's aerial bombardment and Muammar Gaddafi's death, much work has to be done to avoid anarchy and civil war. Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests | World news.
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