Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years have passed since Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor whose cart was confiscated by the police, ...

Syrians celebrate the start of the 2011 uprising that, in 2024, put an end to Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

Soldiers shed their uniforms and slip away into the crowds. Families, jubilant and tearful, comb the dungeons of the old regime in search of loved ones, or traces of them. Bedraggled young men in ...

When the Syrian revolution began back in 2011, the country was not alone. Syrians joined a wave of uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. The movement started in Tunisia, with the death of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fall of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship in December 2024 has ushered in a nerve-wracking time of hope and fear for Syrians ...

Today marks 15 years since the overthrow of Tunisian dictator Ben Ali, one of the high points of the Arab Spring. The events of 2011 gave rise to an impressive wave of revolutions. Almost all were ...