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Protests have continued across the Middle East as leaders are toppled and the Second Arab Spring roars stronger then the First.

In Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, and Lebanon, Prime Ministers have resigned in the midst of protests, in Jordan for a Tax law by Prime Minister Hani Mulki whom resigned in June of last year, Kuwait over corruption which lead to it's Prime Minister to resign on November 19th of this year, Lebanon over a law that would've taxed people for using certain chatting sites such as Whatsapp, Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned in October 29th, Iraq over multiple reasons but mainly due to the firing of a General whom helped fight against the Islamic State of Iraq & Syria, Prime Minister Adil-Abdul Mahdi resigned on November 29th but protests have continued.

In Algeria, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned as large-scale protests broke out over his attempt for gaining his Fifth term, as well as corruption and growing authoritarianism in the country as the Maghreb Insurgency gripped the nation of Al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliated groups.

In Sudan, Bread prices rising lead to large-scale street protests in December of 2018 which have been the most successful so far, Omar al-Bashir is indicted by the ICC for genocide and crimes against humanity, the leader supported Al-Qaeda, the Lord's Resistance Army, Saddam Hussein, and the Allied Democratic Forces (A group allegedly apart of ISIS) within his 30 year rule, on April 11th, a Military coup deposed him and he was subsequently jailed, he is currently on trial.

Protests in Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia and Palestine have been minor to severe that haven't had much success so far, though the winds of reform and revolution has not and will not end for the Middle East, these are the first of many chapters of the Arab Springs to come.

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Protests have continued across the Middle East as leaders are toppled and the Second Arab Spring roars stronger then the First.

In Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, and Lebanon, Prime Ministers have resigned in the midst of protests, in Jordan for a Tax law by Prime Minister Hani Mulki whom resigned in June of last year, Kuwait over corruption which lead to it's Prime Minister to resign on November 19th of this year, Lebanon over a law that would've taxed people for using certain chatting sites such as Whatsapp, Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned in October 29th, Iraq over multiple reasons but mainly due to the firing of a General whom helped fight against the Islamic State of Iraq & Syria, Prime Minister Adil-Abdul Mahdi resigned on November 29th but protests have continued.

In Algeria, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned as large-scale protests broke out over his attempt for gaining his Fifth term, as well as corruption and growing authoritarianism in the country as the Maghreb Insurgency gripped the nation of Al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliated groups.

In Sudan, Bread prices rising lead to large-scale street protests in December of 2018 which have been the most successful so far, Omar al-Bashir is indicted by the ICC for genocide and crimes against humanity, the leader supported Al-Qaeda, the Lord's Resistance Army, Saddam Hussein, and the Allied Democratic Forces (A group allegedly apart of ISIS) within his 30 year rule, on April 11th, a Military coup deposed him and he was subsequently jailed, he is currently on trial.

Protests in Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia and Palestine have been minor to severe that haven't had much success so far, though the winds of reform and revolution has not and will not end for the Middle East, these are the first of many chapters of the Arab Springs to come.