Arab Spring/Timelines
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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 23
Yemen protester arrested[6]
January 24
Lebanon's "Day of Rage"[7]
January 27
Egypt protests escalate in Cairo, Suez and other cities[8]
January 31
Jordan protests lead to the dismissal of the Cabinet[9]