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Are We Seeing Part 2 of the Arab Spring?

Edward Yeranian

   CAIRO - Dramatic changes jolted the Arab world in 2019 after veteran
   Arab leaders in Algeria and Sudan were forced to step down amid
   widespread popular protests. Similar protests later erupted in Iraq and
   Lebanon, forcing forced prime ministers to step down and threatening to
   erode their strong ties to Iran. Meanwhile, in Libya and Yemen, turmoil
   continued unabated.
   Observers are calling the 2019 movements the second wave of the Arab
   Spring which began in 2011, ousting rulers in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya,
   and igniting civil wars in Syria, Yemen, and Libya.

   The new phase of the Arab Spring began in December 2018 with protests
   against veteran Sudanese leader Omar al Bashir, culminating with his
   ouster in June by Sudan's military.

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