Despite mixed results, observers generally praised the Arab Spring as a revolutionary democratic moment for a region long ...

On December 17, 2010, Tunisian vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, triggering protests across the Arab world.

The pro-democracy movement marked the death knell of Arab nationalism and unintentionally quickened a shift of regional power toward the Gulf States.

China’s inroads in the Middle East demonstrate how the region is still a critical front in the era of US-China competition.

Fifteen years after the Middle East’s largest pro-democracy movement, the West still has not learned that supporting ...

As Tunisia marks the 15th anniversary of the revolution that provoked the Arab Spring, RFI spoke to exiled former leader ...

Some declare the Arab Spring over and its revolutions a failure, with counter-revolutions ranging from political to violent. The news from the Middle East after the Arab Spring is often dismal. But ...

In the wake of the Arab Spring and the global financial crisis, focus has been on the world’s new and so-called “disrupted society.” But I would avoid using such a negative phrase for Jordan; which is ...

Suddenly, people all over the Arab world are feeling a sense of pride—and the West is paying attention. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Editorial Page Writer Sohrab Ahmari marks the fifth anniversary of the movement that swept the Middle East. Photo credit: 3arabwy. Thursday marks a bitter anniversary in the Arab world. On Dec. 17, ...

Read and hear stories from the Morning Edition series, The Arab Spring: One Year Later. The demonstrations that spread across the Middle East in 2011 unseated leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.

It was a difficult year for the Arab Spring. Egypt is in the throes of its worst political crisis since mass street protests ousted President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. And in Syria, the civil war worsens ...