List of Arab Spring articles
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A few protesters are seen at night as they wave flags and hands in a public square strewn with litter and obscured by a haze of smoke. One red and white Turkish flag billows through the smoke. On the far side of the clear area is a line of dozens of riot police officers in helmets and holding clear riot shields. Erdogan Risks Overplaying His Hand
The increasingly repressive Turkish leader can’t rely on the military’s loyalty.
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Syrian refugees and their supporters celebrate the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, seen in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 8. In Post-Assad Middle East, Iran’s Loss Is Turkey’s Gain
Ankara will seek to fill the regional power vacuum left by the fall of Tehran’s most valuable client.
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A demonstrator waves an Egyptian flag on a rooftop overlooking Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Lessons for the Next Arab Spring
Ten years after Egypt’s coup, Washington has yet to learn that authoritarian stability is an illusion.
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Protesters wave Israeli flags in front of a large banner showing a scowling Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu Faces His Own ‘Israeli Spring’
Protesters in Israel are rallying to oppose an extremist and fundamentalist government that is trying to change the status quo and reshape the country’s character.
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Jordanian Gendarmerie forces arrest a protester in the Jordan Valley. Awash in U.S. Aid, Jordan Escalates Repression
A street vendor’s plight highlights violations that Washington would prefer to ignore.
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A billboard depicting Tunisian President Kais Saied hangs on the side of a building in the east-central city of Kairouan, on July 26. Democracy Fades in the Arab Spring’s Success Story
Few restraints remain for Tunisian strongman Kais Saied after his constitutional referendum passed overwhelmingly and opposition parties boycotted the vote.
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Tunisian military forces guard the area around the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on July 26. Keep Tunisia’s Military Out of Politics
President Kais Saied has broken a 65-year taboo.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sits along side Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on July 30, 2010. Assad Is Friends With the Arab World Again
After 10 years of war, Syria’s erstwhile enemies are welcoming it back in from the cold.
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A supporter of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, then Egypt’s army chief, holds a military boot on her head in a sign of support for military rule in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2014. Sisi Learned the Wrong Lessons From Mubarak’s Fall
Wanton repression is building up more pressure for the next uprising.
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A Tunisian woman carrying a dog gestures with her middle finger at police officers during a demonstration in Tunis on Jan. 30. Ben Ali’s Ghost Still Haunts Tunisia
The Arab Spring’s democratic success story is wrestling with the vestiges of an authoritarian past.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for a selfie with Anas Modamani, a refugee from Syria, after she visited the AWO Refugium Askanierring shelter for migrants and refugees on Sept. 10, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The Arab Spring Changed Everything—in Europe
A decade after Arabs started a regional revolution, it’s the neighboring continent that will never be the same.
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A near-empty square in Stockholm Our Top Weekend Reads
Swedes can’t figure out their government’s coronavirus approach, a progressive push on U.S. foreign policy, and an honest assessment of the Arab Spring’s fallout.
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A man mourns the death of seven members of a family in Syria Betrayed by Their Leaders, Failed by the West, Arabs Still Want Democracy
The Arab world is trapped in a state of permanent revolution.
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Tunisians wave national flags to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2011 revolution on Jan. 14, 2016. Tunisia’s Decade of Democracy
Ten years after the Arab Spring, Tunisians are discovering that political reform alone isn’t enough.
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A demonstration in Tunis in December 2010 The Arab Spring Let the People Shout, Not Whisper
I was a teenage protester, then a prisoner, now a refugee. We won’t go back to silence.
