The spark that ignited the Arab Spring was a fruit seller in a poor Tunisian town who simply couldn’t take it anymore after the police slapped him and confiscated his electronic scale. In Libya, the United States and allied countries bombed the forces of Moammar Gadhafi and backed the rebels. “Since the Arab Spring, everything has become worse,” said Mohamed Saleh, a Syrian writer from Homs. But when the United States complained, the Emiratis pushed back, angry that the United States was not supporting their chosen strongman, one of the officials said. But many Arab Spring veterans argue that with so much of the uprisings’ business unfinished, pro-democracy movements are bound to return.

Source: bd News24 February 15, 2021 03:00 UTC