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menacing than the generally peaceful revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, from which the Syrian protesters drew their initial inspiration. The regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia capitulated in the face of spontaneous demonstrations sparked by the self-immolation of a twenty-six-year-old man who had been reduced to
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Hosni Mubarak
PersonPresident of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
Mediterranean
Location
Ben Ali
Person
Hillary Clinton
PersonAmerican politician and diplomat (born 1947)

the Persian Gulf
Location
Tunisia
LocationCountry in North Africa

Yemen
LocationCountry in West Asia
the Arab League
Organization
Muammar Gaddafi
Person
Barack Obama
PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017

Bashar al-Assad
PersonPresident of Syria from 2000 to 2024
The Daily Star
Organization
Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
the West Bank
Location
Chris Christie
Person55th Governor of New Jersey and former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey

George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009

Vienna
LocationCapital of and state in Austria

Tehran
LocationCapital city of Iran
Robert Gates
PersonCIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and university president

Ronald Reagan
PersonPresident of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)