==Arenas==

{{Multiple issues|section=yes|

{{Original research|section|discuss=Talk:Arab Winter#Arenas section|date=October 2014}}

{{Synthesis|section|date=November 2014}}}}

===ISIL conflict===

{{further|Spillover of the Syrian Civil War}}

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|{{flag|Iraq}}

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|12|18}}

|Ongoing

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*Spillover violence from the [[Syrian Civil War]] leading to an ISIL invasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/180197/iraq-syria-civil-war-challenges-both-us-and-iran|title=The Iraq-Syria Civil War Challenges Both the US and Iran|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/iraq-war-on-terror/rise-of-isis/what-a-pledge-of-allegiance-to-isis-means/|title=What a Pledge of Allegiance to ISIS Means|work=FRONTLINE|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref>

*[[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) [[Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)|captures]] [[Mosul]] and [[Tikrit]] among other cities in June 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://time.com/2857751/iraq-tikrit-baghdad-isis-mosul/|title=Islamist Insurgents Seize Saddam's Hometown of Tikrit, Iraq|author=Mirren Gidda|work=TIME.com|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> and declares a new caliphate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theweek.com/article/index/269340/how-isis-sells-women-and-children|title=How ISIS sells women and children|work=The Week|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref>

*Ethnic cleansing and [[Persecution of Assyrians by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|persecution of Assyrians]],[[Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Yazidis]], and mass executions of [[Shia Muslims]] by ISIL.<ref>{{cite web|title = UN accuses Isil jihadists of 'ethnic cleansing'|url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11055125/UN-accuses-Isil-jihadists-of-ethnic-cleansing.html|website = www.telegraph.co.uk|accessdate = 2014-12-04}}</ref>

*[[Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)|ISIS advance]] on [[Iraqi Kurdistan|Kurdish regions]].

|{{ntsh|16027}} 23,138+

! style="color:#fff; background:#950000;"|[[Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)|<span style="color:white;">Ongoing civil war</span>]]

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|{{flag|Lebanon}}

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|6|17}}

|Ongoing

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*Spillover violence from the [[Syrian Civil War]] between forces that support the Syrian government and others that oppose it.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title = <nowiki>Lebanon Under Fire | Special | The Daily Star</nowiki>|url = http://www.dailystar.com.lb/special/lebanon-under-fire.htm|website = www.dailystar.com.lb|accessdate = 2014-12-04}}</ref>

*Full scale battles around the Bekka Valley and the town of Arsal.<ref name=":0" />

*Chaos in the government, including a prolonged presidential interregnum and the cancellation of Parliamentary elections.<ref name="Lebanese parliament delays June election, deepening drift">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/31/us-lebanon-parliament-election-idUSBRE94U19N20130531|title=Lebanese parliament delays June election, deepening drift|publisher=Reuters|date=31 May 2013|accessdate=20 September 2014}}</ref>

|{{ntsh|457}} 457–474

! style="color:#fff; background:#004a80;"|[[Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon|<span style="display:none;">D </span><span style="color:white;">Civil disorder</span>]]

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|{{flag|Syria}}

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|3|15|}}

|Ongoing

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*Large defections from the Syrian army and clashes between soldiers and defectors<ref name="Syrian army units 'clash over crackdown'">{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/04/2011428182333234775.html|title=Syrian army units 'clash over crackdown'|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=28 April 2011|accessdate=28 April 2011}}</ref>

*Formation of the [[Free Syrian Army]], who took controls of large swathes of land across Syria.<ref>{{cite news|title = Syria: Mapping the conflict|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22798391|newspaper = BBC|date = 2014-11-11|accessdate = 2014-12-04}}</ref>

*Battles between the Syrian government's army and the [[Free Syrian Army]] in many governorates.

*Formation of the [[Syrian National Council]]<ref name="Syrian dissidents form national council">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/23/2372099/syrian-dissidents-form-national.html|title=Syrian dissidents form national council|first=Ipek|last=Yezdani|work=The Miami Herald|date=23 August 2011|accessdate=24 August 2011}}{{Dead link|date=May 2014}}</ref>

*Syria suspended from the [[Arab League]]<ref>{{cite web|first1 = David|last1 = Batty|first2 = Jack Shenker in|last2 = Cairo|title = Syria suspended from Arab League|url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/12/syria-suspended-arab-league|accessdate = 2014-12-04}}</ref>

*Several countries recognize [[National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces|Syrian]] [[government in exile]]<ref>{{cite web|title = <nowiki> Syrian opposition to form government in exile | Syrian Expert House</nowiki>|url = http://syrianexperthouse.org/archives/335|website = syrianexperthouse.org|accessdate = 2014-12-04}}</ref>

*Kurdish fighters enter the war by mid-2013<ref>{{cite web|title = Syria Kurds impose military service amid civil war|url = http://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-kurds-impose-military-service-amid-civil-war/|website = www.timesofisrael.com|accessdate = 2014-12-04}}</ref>

|{{ntsh|160000}} 191,000+<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0822/UN-reports-Syria-conflict-death-toll-reaches-191-000-video | agency=Christian Science Monitor | title=Syria war death toll tops 191,000 | date=22 August 2014}}</ref>

! style="color:#fff; background:#950000;"|[[Syrian Civil War|<span style="color:white;">Ongoing civil war</span>]]

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===North Africa===

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|{{flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|11|22}}

|Government overthrown in July 2013. Ongoing unrest.

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'''Protests over the imposition of an Islamist-backed constitution by the [[Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt|Muslim Brotherhood]] and [[Mohamed Morsi]] lead to a [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|coup d'état]].'''

*[[Egyptian presidential election, 2012|Democratic election]] held to replace Mubarak as the new president of Egypt; [[Mohamed Morsi]] elected and inaugurated<ref name="Mohammed Morsi sworn in as Egypt's president">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57464345/mohammed-morsi-sworn-in-as-egypts-president/ |title=Mohammed Morsi sworn in as Egypt's president |publisher=CBS News |date=30 June 2012 |accessdate=2012-09-28}}</ref>

*Morsi removed by military in a [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|coup d'état]] following a [[Egyptian Revolution of 2013|second revolution]] that came after months of [[2012–13 Egyptian protests|protests]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/03/mohamed-morsi-egypt-second-revolution|title=Mohamed Morsi ousted in Egypt's second revolution in two years|date=4 July 2013|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref>

*Crackdown on the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] and other Islamists:

**Senior Islamist figures have been arrested and face trial.{{#tag:ref|See <ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/76158/Egypt/Politics-/Prosecution-orders-arrest-of-leading-Brotherhood-m.aspx|title=Prosecution orders arrest of leading Brotherhood members|date=10 July 2013|publisher=Ahram Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/75721/Egypt/Politics-/Former-Brotherhood-supreme-guide-Akef-arrested-.aspx|title=Former Brotherhood supreme guide Akef arrested|date=4 July 2013|publisher=Ahram Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/75815/Egypt/Politics-/Muslim-Brotherhoods-secondman-ElShater-arrested-Se.aspx|title=Muslim Brotherhood's second-man El-Shater arrested: Security official|date=6 July 2013|publisher=Ahram Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/21/egypt-arrests-2-more-islamist-figures-hard-line-cleric-spokesman-for-muslim/|title=Egypt arrests 2 more Islamist figures: hard-line cleric, a spokesman for Muslim Brotherhood|date=21 August 2013|publisher=Fox News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/egypt-police-arrest-muslim-brotherhood-chiefs-mohammed-elbeltagy-and-khaled-alazhari-8790828.html|title=Egypt: Police arrest Muslim Brotherhood chiefs Mohammed el-Beltagy and Khaled Al-Azhari|date=30 August 2013|publisher=The Independent|location=London}}</ref>}}

**[[August 2013 Rabaa Massacre|Violent dispersal]] of pro-Morsi sit-ins on August 14, 2013.

**A court bans all Muslim Brotherhood activities nationwide and its assets are confiscated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/23/us-egypt-brotherhood-idUSBRE98M0QR20130923|title=Egyptian court bans Muslim Brotherhood|date=23 September 2013|publisher=Reuters}}</ref> The government eventually designates the group as a [[terrorist organization]] on December 25, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/90037.aspx|title=Egypt government declares Muslim Brotherhood 'terrorist group'|date=26 December 2013|publisher=Al-Ahram}}</ref>

**Sentencing to death of hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26712124|title=Egypt court sentences 528 Morsi supporters to death|date=March 24, 2014|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/28/world/africa/egypt-politics/|title=Egypt court sentences hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death|date=April 29, 2014|publisher=CNN}}</ref>

**[[Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present)|Ongoing Islamist unrest]] in response to the coup.

*[[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] becomes president following a [[Egyptian presidential election, 2014|second election]].

;[[Sinai insurgency]]:

*[[Egyptian Armed Forces]] launch anti-terror military operations in the Sinai due to increased attacks by insurgents since the ousting of Morsi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/75792/Egypt/Politics-/Clashes-in-Sinai-over-Morsi-removal.aspx|title=Clashes in Sinai over Morsi removal|publisher=Ahram Online|date=5 July 2013|accessdate=5 July 2013}}</ref>

|{{ntsh|3500}} 3,500+{{#tag:ref|See <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/06/02/anhri-releases-names-of-dead/|title=ANHRI releases names of dead|date=June 2, 2013|publisher=Daily News Egypt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-21289729|title=Egypt protesters clash with police at presidential palace|date=February 1, 2013|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jul/08/egypt-dead-injured-toll-so-far|title=Egypt's dead and injured: the toll so far|date=July 8, 2013|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/2014/03/24/egypt-s-unprecedented-instability-by-numbers/h5j3|title=Egypt’s Unprecedented Instability by the Numbers|date=March 24, 2014|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}}</ref>}}

! style="color:#fff; background:#00112b;"|[[Egyptian Crisis (2011–present)|<span style="display:none;">E</span><span style="color:white;">Government overthrown</span>]]

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|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|8|23}}

|Ongoing violence

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*[[Inter-civil war violence in Libya|Low-level fighting and clashes]]<ref name="Fighters clash again near Tripoli, several dead">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/12/us-libya-clashes-idUSTRE7AB0HU20111112|title=Fighters clash again near Tripoli, several dead|agency=Reuters|date=12 November 2011}}</ref> (between 2011 to May 2014)

*[[Libyan General National Congress election, 2012|Elections]] to a [[General National Congress]] on 7 July 2012.

*In May 2014, General [[Khalifa Haftar|Khalifa Belqasim Haftar]] launched [[2014 Libyan conflict|a large scale air and ground offensive]] codenamed ''Operation Dignity'' on Islamist militia groups.

*Conflict intensified in July 2014 and is driven out of Benghazi by [[Ansar al-Sharia (Benghazi)|Ansar al-Sharia]] militants, who declared the region an "Islamic emirate".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/world/middleeast/libya-benghazi-march-protests-militias.html?_r=1 | title=Libya: Benghazi March Protests Militias | publisher=The New York Times | date=30 July 2014 | accessdate=16 August 2014 | author=Fahim, Kareem}}</ref>

*[[Derna, Libya]] area taken over by pro-ISIL militants, declaring the [[Wilayat al-Barqah (ISIL)|Barqah province]], loyal to the Islamic State.

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! style="color:#fff; background:#950000;"|[[2014 Libyan Civil War|<span style="display:none;">E </span><span style="color:white;">Ongoing civil war</span>]]

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|{{flag|Tunisia}}

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|10|23}}

|New constitution enacted

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'''[[Ennahda Movement|Ennahda]]-led government resigns; [[Mehdi Jomaa]] becomes the new prime minister.'''

*Elections to a [[Tunisian Constituent Assembly election, 2011|Constituent Assembly]] on 23 October 2011<ref name="Tunisia election delayed until 23 October">{{cite news |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-tunisia-election-idUSTRE7571R020110608 |title=Tunisia election delayed until 23 October |agency=Reuters |date=8 June 2011 |accessdate=8 June 2011}}</ref>

*[[2013 protests in Tunisia|2013-14 protests]] against the interim Islamist-led government.

*Prime Minister [[Ali Laarayedh]] resigns and replaced by a technocratic government formed by [[Mehdi Jomaa]], a former minister in [[Laarayedh Cabinet|Laarayedh's government]].

*New constitution [[Constitution of Tunisia|adopted]].

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! style="color:#fff; background:#006400;"|[[Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014|<span style="display:none;">E </span><span style="color:white;">New parliament elected</span>]]

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