December 2010, a young Tunisian becomes the symbol of the Jasmine revolution. His immolation will ignite the Arab world. After four weeks of protest and a general strike, the irremovable President Ben Ali fled the country. All over the Middle East, people are rising up and demanding democracy. Hopes very quickly disappointed. In Egypt, a military junta will ultimately replace the authoritarian Hosni Mubarak, the start of a new dictatorship.
Libya is no exception. After the death of Gaddafi, the religious military militias clash, giving way to the Islamic State which is established in the north of the country. Even today, Libya is in chaos. Strongly contested in 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a bulwark against Daesh. The Arab Spring was nipped in the bud and for ten years, the war in Syria has claimed more than 500,000 lives. Where it all began, in Tunisia, a new Constitution was hailed by the international community.
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