<P> Protests arose in Tunisia following Mohamed Bouazizi's self - immolation . </P> <P> Protests arose in Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Syria, & Morocco . The government was overthrown in Tunisia on 14 January 2011 . On 25 January 2011, thousands of protesters in Egypt gathered in Tahrir Square, in Cairo . They demanded the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak . On 15 March, protests began in Syria . </P> <P> On 11 February, the President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak resigned, and transferred his powers to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces . </P> <P> On 15 February protests broke out against Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Benghazi, Libya, starting the uprising that would soon turn into the Libyan Civil War . </P>

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