Arab Spring/Timelines
2010
December 19
Riots in a small Tunisian town after Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself in protest[1]
December 24
Police shoot dead a young protester in Bouziane, south of Tunis
December 27
Mass rioting in Tunis[2]
2011
January 5
Food price riots in Algerian cities[3]
January 15
Tunisia's president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali takes refuge in Saudi Arabia[4]
January 16
Egyptian protester sets himself on fire[5]
January 22
Jordan protests about economic policy - calls for the government to resign[6].
January 23
Yemen protester arrested[7]
January 24
Lebanon's "Day of Rage"[8]
January 26
Yemen protests continue [9]
January 27
Egypt protests escalate in Cairo, Suez and other cities[10]
January 31
Jordan protests lead to the dismissal of the Cabinet[11]
February 11
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak resigns[12]
February 16
Libya protests: 84 killed in growing unrest[13]
February 22
Bahrain protest: thousands join anti-government rally[14].
February 23
Libya protests: Benghazi is in the hands of the rebels[15]
February 26
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 imposes an embargo on the supply of arms to Libya and targeted sanctions on key regime figures[16].
March 15
Syria protests in Damascus and Aleppo calling for democratic reforms and the release of all political prisoners[17].
March 17
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 authorises member nations to "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack in the country, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory"[18].
March 31
NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) assumes sole command of of international air operations over Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973 (Operation Unified Protector)[19].