Despite mixed results, observers generally praised the Arab Spring as a revolutionary democratic moment for a region long mired in tyranny. Yet, 15 years on, it is clear that while popular demands for ...

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

As Tunisia marks the 15th anniversary of the revolution that provoked the Arab Spring, RFI spoke to exiled former leader Moncef Marzouki, the first to be democratically elected after the fall of ...

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

CAIRO (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, who died on Tuesday, never expected to be president. But when a very public assassination thrust the former bomber pilot into the job, he made it his mission never to ...

Egyptian authorities have announced a presidential pardon that is expected to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a top activist and a leading voice of the country’s 2011 Arab Spring uprising who has gone on ...

After two days of Saudi airstrikes and a barrage of anti-aircraft fire by Houthi rebels, Yemen’s former president reappeared Friday in Sanaa to call for a cease-fire and a return to United Nations ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent activist in Bahrain imprisoned since the country's 2011 Arab Spring protests began a new hunger strike Wednesday, seeking to pressure the island kingdom ...